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

The Death Cap (Amanita phalloides) in North America - http://members.aol.com/basidium/deathcap.html
Images and discussion of toxicity.

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.

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

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

eMedicine - Toxicity, Tetrodotoxin - http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic576.htm
Article by Theodore Benzer, MD, PhD.

eMedicine - Toxicity, Mushrooms - http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic874.htm
Article by Mary E Cataletto, MD.

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.

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: Ciguatera Fish Poisoning - 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: 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: 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.

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.

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.

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.

Cyclopeptide-Containing Mushroom Toxicity - http://www.uic.edu/com/er/toxikon/mushroo.htm
Features cause, symptoms, treatment, and possible antidotes.

Mytraveldoctor: Blue-Green Algae Toxicosis - http://www.traveldoctoronline.net/diseases/algae.htm
Describes the occurrence, manifestations, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of the disease.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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