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	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: 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.
	CDC: Ciguatera Fish Poisoning - http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ciguatera/ Includes factsheet and publications.
	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.
	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: 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.
	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.
	American.edu: Blowfish and Trade - http://www.american.edu/TED/blowfish.htm Outline and overview of this subject.
	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.

	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.

	Poisonous Mushrooms - http://www.mv.com/ipusers/dhabolt/dad/mushroom/puffball/puffball4/poisonous.html Description of toxic species and the symptoms their toxins produce.
	Cyclopeptide-Containing Mushroom Toxicity - http://www.uic.edu/com/er/toxikon/mushroo.htm Features cause, symptoms, treatment, and possible antidotes.
	AmericanMushrooms.com: The Death Cap Mushroom (Amanita phalloides) - http://americanmushrooms.com/deathcap.htm Images, description, related mushrooms, and discussion of toxicity.
	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.
	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.

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.

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