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Includes cause, effects on people, distribution, scope of the problem, and prevention.
http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/diseases/cyanobacteria/en/
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Food Safety Research Information Office: Pesticides/Pesticide Residues
Directory of factsheets, reports, press releases, and resources on pesticides and their effects.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fsrio/topics/tppesticide.htm
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Food Safety Research Information Office: Mercury in Fish
Directory of factsheets, reports, press releases, and resources on the poisonous metal and its
effects.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fsrio/topics/tpmercury.htm
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Food Safety Research Information Office: Ciguatoxin
Directory of factsheets, reports, press releases, and resources on the toxin.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fsrio/topics/tpciguatoxin.htm
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Cigua Discuss
Discussion board ciguatera fish poisoning.
http://www.cigua.com/education/discuss.asp
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Mytraveldoctor: Blue-Green Algae Toxicosis
Describes the occurrence, manifestations, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of the disease.
http://www.traveldoctoronline.net/diseases/algae.htm
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FDA/CFSAN - Pesticides, Metals, and Industrial Chemicals
Directory of studies, news releases, factsheets, and other resources.
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/pestadd.html
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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://www.niehs.nih.gov/oc/factsheets/pfiesteria.htm
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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/index.htm
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American.edu: Blowfish and Trade
Outline and overview of this subject.
http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/BLOWFISH.HTM
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CDC: Ciguatera Fish Poisoning
Includes factsheet and publications.
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ciguatera/default.htm
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Index of Poisionous Plants
Directory of toxic plants and herbs and their effects.
http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/poison.html
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Guide to Poisonous and Toxic Plants
From the US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine.
http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/ento/PLANT.HTM
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Canadian Poisonous Plants Information System
Plants poisonous to livestock, pets and humans in Canada. Also has links to other poisonous plant
resources.
http://www.cbif.gc.ca/pls/pp/poison
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Cornell University Poisonous Plants
Searchable database of plants toxic to humans and animals.
http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/plants/index.html
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Guide to Poisonous Plants
Searchable database from the Colorado State College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
http://www.vth.colostate.edu/poisonous_plants/
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Evolution of Our Understanding of Methylmercury as a Health Threat
Scientific paper on mercury posioning from food and water.
http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/1996/Suppl-2/watanabe.html
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Ricin Toxin from the Castor Bean Plant
Scientific and medical article on the toxin and its effects.
http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/plants/toxicagents/ricin/ricin.html
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Questions and Answers About Dioxins and Food Safety
Discussed dioxins in the food chain.
http://ific.org/publications/qa/dioxinqa.cfm
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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/illness.html
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eMedicine - Toxicity, Tetrodotoxin
Article by Theodore Benzer, MD, PhD.
http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic576.htm
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DBMD - Marine Toxins
Discusses the causes, symptoms, and prevention of several toxins carried by fish and shellfish.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/marinetoxins_g.htm
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Scombroid Fish Poisoning
Includes cause, symptoms, and prevention.
http://www.hawaii.gov/health/resource/comm_dis/cddscomb.htm
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Ciguatera Fish Poisoning
Features cause, symptoms, and prevention.
http://www.hawaii.gov/health/resource/comm_dis/cddcigua.htm
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Cyclopeptide-Containing Mushroom Toxicity
Features cause, symptoms, treatment, and possible antidotes.
http://www.uic.edu/com/er/toxikon/mushroo.htm
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The Death Cap (Amanita phalloides) in North America
Images and discussion of toxicity.
http://members.aol.com/basidium/deathcap.html
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Poisonous Mushrooms
Description of toxic species and the symptoms their toxins produce.
http://www.mv.com/ipusers/dhabolt/dad/mushroom/puffball/puffball4/poisonous.html
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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.
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/pestadd.html
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eMedicine - Toxicity, Mushrooms
Article by Mary E Cataletto, MD.
http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic874.htm
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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
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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
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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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Bad Bug Book: Various Shellfish-Associated Toxins
Caused by consuming shellfish that have accumulated dinoflagellate toxins. Features cause,
symptoms, associated foods, and outbreaks.
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap37.html
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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.
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap36.html
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