Directory of Toxins Resources

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Toxins in the context of this category are chemicals, plants or their parts, and animal parts that are poisonous to people when ingested in food or water.

Subcategories

• Mycotoxins
• Poisonous Plants

Resources in This Category

• 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: Ciguatera Fish Poisoning

  http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodborneIllnessContaminants/CausesOfIllnessBadBugBook/ucm070772.htm
  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: Mushroom Toxins

  http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodborneIllnessContaminants/CausesOfIllnessBadBugBook/ucm070853.htm
  Includes toxic substances and their effects, symptoms, diagnosis, descriptions of some poisonous mushrooms, and outbreaks.

• Bad Bug Book: Scombrotoxin

  http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodborneIllnessContaminants/CausesOfIllnessBadBugBook/ucm070823.htm
  Caused by the ingestion of foods that contain high levels of histamine. Includes cause, symptoms, associated foods, and outbreaks.

• Bad Bug Book: Tetrodotoxin

  http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodborneIllnessContaminants/CausesOfIllnessBadBugBook/ucm070842.htm
  Pufferfish or Fugu poisoning. Includes cause, symptoms, prognosis, and outbreaks.

• Bad Bug Book: Various Shellfish-Associated Toxins

  http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodborneIllnessContaminants/CausesOfIllnessBadBugBook/ucm070795.htm
  Caused by consuming shellfish that have accumulated dinoflagellate toxins. Features cause, symptoms, associated foods, and outbreaks.

• CDC: Ciguatera Fish Poisoning

  http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ciguatera/
  Includes factsheet and publications.

• CDC: Harmful Algal Blooms

  http://www.cdc.gov/habs/index.html
  Discusses the causes, symptoms, and prevention of several toxins carried by fish and shellfish.

• eMedicine - Toxicity, Mushrooms

  http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/167398-overview
  Article by Mary E Cataletto, MD.

• eMedicine - Toxicity, Tetrodotoxin

  http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/818763-overview
  Article by Theodore Benzer, MD, PhD.

• eMedicine Health - Ricin

  http://www.emedicinehealth.com/ricin/article_em.htm
  Consumer health resource center providing information on the symptoms and treatment of ricin poisoning.

• Food Safety Research Information Office: Ciguatoxin

  https://www.nal.usda.gov/fsrio/ciguatoxins
  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.

• 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: Poisoning

  http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/injuries_poisoning/poisoning/general_principles_of_poisoning.html
  Causes, symptoms, and signs of poisoning caused by eating plants or animals that contain a naturally occurring poison.

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