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
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/
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/mrkshared/mmanual/section3/chapter28/28h.jsp
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
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/
Mytraveldoctor: Blue-Green Algae Toxicosis - Describes the occurrence, manifestations, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of the disease. - http://www.traveldoctoronline.net/diseases/algae.htm
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/ricin.html
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
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
Poisonous Mushrooms - Description of toxic species and the symptoms their toxins produce. - http://www.mv.com/ipusers/dhabolt/dad/mushroom/puffball/puffball4/poisonous.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: 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: 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
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