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Food Safety Research Information Office: Ciguatoxin
Directory of factsheets, reports, press releases, and resources on the toxin.
http://fsrio.nal.usda.gov/document_reslist.php?...

What You Should Know About Pfiesteria piscicid
This toxic dinoflagellate can cause symptoms in people exposed to water contaminated by the toxin. Information about the organism and links to technical and other material on this organism.
http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/topic/pfiest.html

Harmful Algal Blooms and Biotoxins
Factsheet on algal blooms and their effects on humans through affected fish and shellfish.
http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/hab/habs_toxins/

CDC: Ciguatera Fish Poisoning
Includes factsheet and publications.
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ciguatera/

American.edu: Blowfish and Trade
Outline and overview of this subject.
http://www.american.edu/TED/blowfish.htm

The Merck Manual: Chemical Food Poisoning
Causes, symptoms, and signs of poisoning caused by eating plants or animals that contain a naturally occurring poison.
http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/section3...

eMedicine Health - Ricin
Consumer health resource center providing information on the symptoms and treatment of ricin poisoning.
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/42387-1...

WHO: Water-related diseases - Cyanobacterial Toxins
Includes cause, effects on people, distribution, scope of the problem, and prevention.
http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/dise...

Mytraveldoctor: Blue-Green Algae Toxicosis
Describes the occurrence, manifestations, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of the disease.
http://www.traveldoctoronline.net/diseases/alga...

Ricin Toxin from the Castor Bean Plant
Scientific and medical article on the toxin and its effects.
http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/plants/toxicagents...

Human Illness Associated with Harmful Algae
Discusses the various fish and shellfish toxicities of humans caused by the animal's ingestion of toxic algae.
http://www.whoi.edu/science/B/redtide/illness/i...

eMedicine - Toxicity, Tetrodotoxin
Article by Theodore Benzer, MD, PhD.
http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic576.htm

DBMD - Marine Toxins
Discusses the causes, symptoms, and prevention of several toxins carried by fish and shellfish.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/mari...

Cyclopeptide-Containing Mushroom Toxicity
Features cause, symptoms, treatment, and possible antidotes.
http://www.uic.edu/com/er/toxikon/mushroo.htm

The Death Cap (Amanita phalloides) in North America
Images and discussion of toxicity.
http://members.aol.com/basidium/deathcap.html

Poisonous Mushrooms
Description of toxic species and the symptoms their toxins produce.
http://www.mv.com/ipusers/dhabolt/dad/mushroom/...

eMedicine - Toxicity, Mushrooms
Article by Mary E Cataletto, MD.
http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic874.htm

Bad Bug Book: Scombrotoxin
Caused by the ingestion of foods that contain high levels of histamine. Includes cause, symptoms, associated foods, and outbreaks.
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap38.html

Bad Bug Book: Mushroom Toxins
Includes toxic substances and their effects, symptoms, diagnosis, descriptions of some poisonous mushrooms, and outbreaks.
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap40.html

Bad Bug Book: Tetrodotoxin
Pufferfish or Fugu poisoning. Includes cause, symptoms, prognosis, and outbreaks.
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap39.html

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