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http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/BLOWFISH.HTM

Outline and overview of this subject.

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.

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.

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.

CDC: Ciguatera Fish Poisoning

http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ciguatera/default.htm

Includes factsheet and publications.

Cigua Discuss

http://www.cigua.com/education/discuss.asp

Discussion board for ciguatera fish poisoning.

Ciguatera Fish Poisoning

http://www.hawaii.gov/health/family-child-health/contagious-disease/comm-disease/factsheet/cddcigua.

Features cause, symptoms, and prevention.

Cyclopeptide-Containing Mushroom Toxicity

http://www.uic.edu/com/er/toxikon/mushroo.htm

Features cause, symptoms, treatment, and possible antidotes.

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.

eMedicine - Toxicity, Mushrooms

http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic874.htm

Article by Mary E Cataletto, MD.

eMedicine - Toxicity, Tetrodotoxin

http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic576.htm

Article by Theodore Benzer, MD, PhD.

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.

Food Poisoning

http://wellness.ucdavis.edu/safety_info/poison_prevention/poison_book/food_poisoning.html

Comprehensive information on food poisoning, from the California Poison Control System.

Food Safety Research Information Office: Ciguatoxi

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fsrio/topics/tpciguatoxin.htm

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

Food Safety: Food Poisoning

http://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/foodsafety/poisoning.html

Discusses signs, symptoms and prevention of viral, bacterial and fungal food poisoning. From the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

Harmful Algal Blooms and Biotoxins

http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/hab/HABs_Toxins/index.htm

Factsheet on algal blooms and their effects on humans through affected fish and shellfish.

How to Stop Food-Borne Illness Before it Starts

http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/1008283853.html

Provided by HealthLink. Information on food-borne diarrheal disease and safe food handling practices in the home.

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.

Mytraveldoctor: Blue-Green Algae Toxicosis

http://www.traveldoctoronline.net/diseases/algae.htm

Describes the occurrence, manifestations, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of the disease.

Poisonous Mushrooms

http://www.mv.com/ipusers/dhabolt/dad/mushroom/puffball/puffball4/poisonous.html

Description of toxic species and the symptoms their toxins produce.

Questions and Answers About Dioxins and Food Safet

http://ific.org/publications/qa/dioxinqa.cfm

Discusses dioxins in the food chain.

Ricin Toxin from the Castor Bean Plant

http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/plants/toxicagents/ricin/ricin.html

Scientific and medical article on the toxin and its effects.

Scombroid Fish Poisoning

http://www.hawaii.gov/health/family-child-health/contagious-disease/comm-disease/factsheet/cddscomb.

Includes cause, symptoms, and prevention.

The Death Cap (Amanita phalloides) in North Americ

http://members.aol.com/basidium/deathcap.html

Images and discussion of toxicity.

The Merck Manual: Chemical Food Poisoning

http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/section3/chapter28/28h.jsp

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

What You Should Know About Pfiesteria piscicid

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/oc/factsheets/pfiesteria.htm

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://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/diseases/cyanobacteria/en/

Includes cause, effects on people, distribution, scope of the problem, and prevention.