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» American.edu: Blowfish and Trade - Outline and overview of this subject.
» Bad Bug Book: Ciguatera Fish Poisoning - Caused by the consumption of subtropical and tropical marine finfish which have accumulated naturally occurring dinoflagellate toxins through their diet. Includes cause, associated fish, symptoms, and outbreaks.
» Bad Bug Book: Mushroom Toxins - Includes toxic substances and their effects, symptoms, diagnosis, descriptions of some poisonous mushrooms, and outbreaks.
» Bad Bug Book: Scombrotoxin - Caused by the ingestion of foods that contain high levels of histamine. Includes cause, symptoms, associated foods, and outbreaks.
» Bad Bug Book: Tetrodotoxin - Pufferfish or Fugu poisoning. Includes cause, symptoms, prognosis, and outbreaks.
» Bad Bug Book: Various Shellfish-Associated Toxins - Caused by consuming shellfish that have accumulated dinoflagellate toxins. Features cause, symptoms, associated foods, and outbreaks.
» CDC: Ciguatera Fish Poisoning - Includes factsheet and publications.
» Canadian Poisonous Plants Information System - Plants poisonous to livestock, pets and humans in Canada. Also has links to other poisonous plant resources.
» Cigua Discuss - Discussion board ciguatera fish poisoning.
» Ciguatera Fish Poisoning - Features cause, symptoms, and prevention.
» Cornell University Poisonous Plants - Searchable database of plants toxic to humans and animals.
» Cyclopeptide-Containing Mushroom Toxicity - Features cause, symptoms, treatment, and possible antidotes.
» DBMD - Marine Toxins - Discusses the causes, symptoms, and prevention of several toxins carried by fish and shellfish.
» Evolution of Our Understanding of Methylmercury as a Health Threat - Scientific paper on mercury posioning from food and water.
» FDA/CFSAN - Pesticides, Metals, and Industrial Chemicals - Directory of studies, news releases, factsheets, and other resources.
» Food Safety Research Information Office: Ciguatoxin - Directory of factsheets, reports, press releases, and resources on the toxin.
» Food Safety Research Information Office: Mercury in Fish - Directory of factsheets, reports, press releases, and resources on the poisonous metal and its effects.
» Food Safety Research Information Office: Pesticides/Pesticide Residues - Directory of factsheets, reports, press releases, and resources on pesticides and their effects.
» Guide to Poisonous Plants - Searchable database from the Colorado State College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
» Guide to Poisonous and Toxic Plants - From the US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine.
» Harmful Algal Blooms and Biotoxins - Factsheet on algal blooms and their effects on humans through affected fish and shellfish.
» Human Illness Associated with Harmful Algae - Discusses the various fish and shellfish toxicities of humans caused by the animal's ingestion of toxic algae.
» Index of Poisionous Plants - Directory of toxic plants and herbs and their effects.
» Mytraveldoctor: Blue-Green Algae Toxicosis - Describes the occurrence, manifestations, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of the disease.
» Pesticides, Metals, Chemical Contaminants and Natural Toxins - Program area the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) with links to information about these toxins.
» Poisonous Mushrooms - Description of toxic species and the symptoms their toxins produce.
» Questions and Answers About Dioxins and Food Safety - Discussed dioxins in the food chain.
» Ricin Toxin from the Castor Bean Plant - Scientific and medical article on the toxin and its effects.
» Scombroid Fish Poisoning - Includes cause, symptoms, and prevention.
» The Death Cap (Amanita phalloides) in North America - Images and discussion of toxicity.
» WHO: Water-related diseases - Cyanobacterial Toxins - Includes cause, effects on people, distribution, scope of the problem, and prevention.
» 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.
» eMedicine - Toxicity, Mushrooms - Article by Mary E Cataletto, MD.
» eMedicine - Toxicity, Tetrodotoxin - Article by Theodore Benzer, MD, PhD.