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  DBMD - Marine Toxins http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/marinetoxins_g.htm
Discusses the causes, symptoms, and prevention of several toxins carried by fish and shellfish.
  Bad Bug Book: Mushroom Toxins http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap40.html
Includes toxic substances and their effects, symptoms, diagnosis, descriptions of some poisonous mushrooms, and outbreaks.
  Harmful Algal Blooms and Biotoxins http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/hab/habs_toxins/
Factsheet on algal blooms and their effects on humans through affected fish and shellfish.
  CDC: Ciguatera Fish Poisoning http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ciguatera/
Includes factsheet and publications.
  What You Should Know About Pfiesteria piscicid http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/topic/pfiest.html
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.
  WHO: Water-related diseases - Cyanobacterial Toxins http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/diseases/cyanobacteria/en/
Includes cause, effects on people, distribution, scope of the problem, and prevention.
  American.edu: Blowfish and Trade http://www.american.edu/TED/blowfish.htm
Outline and overview of this subject.
  eMedicine Health - Ricin http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/42387-1.asp
Consumer health resource center providing information on the symptoms and treatment of ricin poisoning.
  The Merck Manual: Chemical Food Poisoning http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec21/ch326/ch326g.html
Causes, symptoms, and signs of poisoning caused by eating plants or animals that contain a naturally occurring poison.
  eMedicine - Toxicity, Tetrodotoxin http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic576.htm
Article by Theodore Benzer, MD, PhD.
  AmericanMushrooms.com: The Death Cap Mushroom (Amanita phalloides) http://americanmushrooms.com/deathcap.htm
Images, description, related mushrooms, and discussion of toxicity.
  eMedicine - Toxicity, Mushrooms http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic874.htm
Article by Mary E Cataletto, MD.
  Poisonous Mushrooms http://www.mv.com/ipusers/dhabolt/dad/mushroom/puffball/puffball4/poisonous.html
Description of toxic species and the symptoms their toxins produce.
  Cyclopeptide-Containing Mushroom Toxicity http://www.uic.edu/com/er/toxikon/mushroo.htm
Features cause, symptoms, treatment, and possible antidotes.
  Ricin Toxin from the Castor Bean Plant http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/plants/toxicagents/ricin.html
Scientific and medical article on the toxin and its effects.
  Human Illness Associated with Harmful Algae http://www.whoi.edu/science/B/redtide/illness/illness.html
Discusses the various fish and shellfish toxicities of humans caused by the animal's ingestion of toxic algae.
  Food Safety Research Information Office: Ciguatoxin http://fsrio.nal.usda.gov/document_reslist.php?product_id=128
Directory of factsheets, reports, press releases, and resources on the toxin.
  Bad Bug Book: Scombrotoxin http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap38.html
Caused by the ingestion of foods that contain high levels of histamine. Includes cause, symptoms, associated foods, and outbreaks.
  Bad Bug Book: Tetrodotoxin http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap39.html
Pufferfish or Fugu poisoning. Includes cause, symptoms, prognosis, and outbreaks.
  Bad Bug Book: Various Shellfish-Associated Toxins http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap37.html
Caused by consuming shellfish that have accumulated dinoflagellate toxins. Features cause, symptoms, associated foods, and outbreaks.
  Bad Bug Book: Ciguatera Fish Poisoning http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap36.html
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.

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