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Toxins resources

Human Illness Associated with Harmful Algae

Discusses the various fish and shellfish toxicities of humans caused by the animal's ingestion of toxic algae.

eMedicine Health - Ricin

Consumer health resource center providing information on the symptoms and treatment of ricin poisoning.

CDC: Ciguatera Fish Poisoning

Includes factsheet and publications.

The Merck Manual: Poisoning

Causes, symptoms, and signs of poisoning caused by eating plants or animals that contain a naturally occurring poison.

Ricin Toxin from the Castor Bean Plant

Scientific and medical article on the toxin and its effects.

AmericanMushrooms.com: The Death Cap Mushroom (Amanita phalloides)

Images, description, related mushrooms, and discussion of toxicity.

Food Safety Research Information Office: Ciguatoxin

Directory of factsheets, reports, press releases, and resources on the toxin.

CDC: Harmful Algal Blooms

Discusses the causes, symptoms, and prevention of several toxins carried by fish and shellfish.

eMedicine - Toxicity, Tetrodotoxin

Article by Theodore Benzer, MD, PhD.

eMedicine - Toxicity, Mushrooms

Article by Mary E Cataletto, MD.