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American.edu: Blowfish and Trade - http://www1.american.edu/TED/blowfish.htm
Outline and overview of this subject.

AmericanMushrooms.com: The Death Cap Mushroom (Amanita phalloides) - http://americanmushrooms.com/deathcap.htm
Images, description, related mushrooms, and discussion of toxicity.

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.

CDC: Ciguatera Fish Poisoning - http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ciguatera/
Includes factsheet and publications.

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 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.

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.

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.

Poisonous Mushrooms - http://www.mv.com/ipusers/dhabolt/dad/mushroom/puffball/puffball4/poisonous.html
Description of toxic species and the symptoms their toxins produce.

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.

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.

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.

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