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  CDC: Ciguatera Fish Poisoning http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ciguatera/
Includes factsheet and publications.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  AmericanMushrooms.com: The Death Cap Mushroom (Amanita phalloides) http://americanmushrooms.com/deathcap.htm
Images, description, related mushrooms, and discussion of toxicity.
  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.
  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.
  Poisonous Mushrooms http://www.mv.com/ipusers/dhabolt/dad/mushroom/puffball/puffball4/poisonous.html
Description of toxic species and the symptoms their toxins produce.
  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.
  eMedicine - Toxicity, Mushrooms http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic874.htm
Article by Mary E Cataletto, MD.
  Cyclopeptide-Containing Mushroom Toxicity http://www.uic.edu/com/er/toxikon/mushroo.htm
Features cause, symptoms, treatment, and possible antidotes.
  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.
  American.edu: Blowfish and Trade http://www1.american.edu/TED/blowfish.htm
Outline and overview of this subject.

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