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Ricin Toxin from the Castor Bean Plant - Scientific and medical article on the toxin and its effects.

Poisonous Mushrooms - Description of toxic species and the symptoms their toxins produce.

Questions and Answers About Dioxins and Food Safety - Discusses dioxins in the food chain.

Guide to Poisonous Plants - Searchable database from the Colorado State College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

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.

The Death Cap (Amanita phalloides) in North America - Images and discussion of toxicity.

Bad Bug Book: Mushroom Toxins - Includes toxic substances and their effects, symptoms, diagnosis, descriptions of some poisonous mushrooms, and outbreaks.

Bad Bug Book: Tetrodotoxin - Pufferfish or Fugu poisoning. Includes cause, symptoms, prognosis, and outbreaks.

Mytraveldoctor: Blue-Green Algae Toxicosis - Describes the occurrence, manifestations, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of the disease.

CDC: Ciguatera Fish Poisoning - Includes factsheet and publications.

Scombroid Fish Poisoning - Includes cause, symptoms, and prevention.

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.

Canadian Poisonous Plants Information System - Plants poisonous to livestock, pets and humans in Canada. Also has links to other poisonous plant resources.

WHO: Water-related diseases - Cyanobacterial Toxins - Includes cause, effects on people, distribution, scope of the problem, and prevention.

eMedicine Health - Ricin - Consumer health resource center providing information on the symptoms and treatment of ricin poisoning.

Harmful Algal Blooms and Biotoxins - Factsheet on algal blooms and their effects on humans through affected fish and shellfish.

Food Safety Research Information Office: Ciguatoxin - Directory of factsheets, reports, press releases, and resources on the toxin.

Cigua Discuss - Discussion board for ciguatera fish poisoning.

Human Illness Associated with Harmful Algae - Discusses the various fish and shellfish toxicities of humans caused by the animal's ingestion of toxic algae.

American.edu: Blowfish and Trade - Outline and overview of this subject.

Ciguatera Fish Poisoning - Features cause, symptoms, and prevention.

Bad Bug Book: Scombrotoxin - Caused by the ingestion of foods that contain high levels of histamine. Includes cause, symptoms, associated foods, and outbreaks.

Cornell University Poisonous Plants - Searchable database of plants toxic to humans and animals.

Bad Bug Book: Various Shellfish-Associated Toxins - Caused by consuming shellfish that have accumulated dinoflagellate toxins. Features cause, symptoms, associated foods, and outbreaks.

eMedicine - Toxicity, Mushrooms - Article by Mary E Cataletto, MD.

Index of Poisionous Plants - Directory of toxic plants and herbs and their effects.

Cyclopeptide-Containing Mushroom Toxicity - Features cause, symptoms, treatment, and possible antidotes.

Guide to Poisonous and Toxic Plants - From the US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine.

DBMD - Marine Toxins - Discusses the causes, symptoms, and prevention of several toxins carried by fish and shellfish.

The Merck Manual: Chemical Food Poisoning - Causes, symptoms, and signs of poisoning caused by eating plants or animals that contain a naturally occurring poison.

Poisonous Plant Database - A listing of papers of scientific information about the animal and human toxicology of vascular plants of the world. From the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.

eMedicine - Toxicity, Tetrodotoxin - Article by Theodore Benzer, MD, PhD.