Toxins

American.edu: Blowfish and Trade
Outline and overview of this subject.
http://www.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.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap36.html

Bad Bug Book: Mushroom Toxins
Includes toxic substances and their effects, symptoms, diagnosis, descriptions of some poisonous mushrooms, and outbreaks.
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap40.html

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.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap38.html

Bad Bug Book: Tetrodotoxin
Pufferfish or Fugu poisoning. Includes cause, symptoms, prognosis, and outbreaks.
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap39.html

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.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap37.html

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

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

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

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

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

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

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/