Web Directory

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

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

» 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.
   http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/FoodborneIllness/FoodborneIllnessFoodbornePathogensNaturalToxins/BadBugBook/ucm070772.htm

» Bad Bug Book: Mushroom Toxins
   Includes toxic substances and their effects, symptoms, diagnosis, descriptions of some poisonous mushrooms, and outbreaks.
   http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/FoodborneIllness/FoodborneIllnessFoodbornePathogensNaturalToxins/BadBugBook/ucm070853.htm

» Bad Bug Book: Scombrotoxin
   Caused by the ingestion of foods that contain high levels of histamine. Includes cause, symptoms, associated foods, and outbreaks.
   http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/FoodborneIllness/FoodborneIllnessFoodbornePathogensNaturalToxins/BadBugBook/ucm070823.htm

» Bad Bug Book: Tetrodotoxin
   Pufferfish or Fugu poisoning. Includes cause, symptoms, prognosis, and outbreaks.
   http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/FoodborneIllness/FoodborneIllnessFoodbornePathogensNaturalToxins/BadBugBook/ucm070842.htm

» Bad Bug Book: Various Shellfish-Associated Toxins
   Caused by consuming shellfish that have accumulated dinoflagellate toxins. Features cause, symptoms, associated foods, and outbreaks.
   http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/FoodborneIllness/FoodborneIllnessFoodbornePathogensNaturalToxins/BadBugBook/ucm070795.htm

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

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

» DBMD - Marine Toxins
   Discusses the causes, symptoms, and prevention of several toxins carried by fish and shellfish.
   http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/marinetoxins_g.htm

» Food Safety Research Information Office: Ciguatoxin
   Directory of factsheets, reports, press releases, and resources on the toxin.
   http://fsrio.nal.usda.gov/document_reslist.php?product_id=128

» Harmful Algal Blooms and Biotoxins
   Factsheet on algal blooms and their effects on humans through affected fish and shellfish.
   http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/hab/habs_toxins/

» Human Illness Associated with Harmful Algae
   Discusses the various fish and shellfish toxicities of humans caused by the animal's ingestion of toxic algae.
   http://www.whoi.edu/science/B/redtide/illness/illness.html

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

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

» Ricin Toxin from the Castor Bean Plant
   Scientific and medical article on the toxin and its effects.
   http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/plants/toxicagents/ricin.html

» The Merck Manual: Chemical Food Poisoning
   Causes, symptoms, and signs of poisoning caused by eating plants or animals that contain a naturally occurring poison.
   http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec21/ch326/ch326g.html

» WHO: Water-related diseases - Cyanobacterial Toxins
   Includes cause, effects on people, distribution, scope of the problem, and prevention.
   http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/diseases/cyanobacteria/en/

» 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.
   http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/topic/pfiest.html

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

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

» eMedicine Health - Ricin
   Consumer health resource center providing information on the symptoms and treatment of ricin poisoning.
   http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/42387-1.asp