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Be Warned: Fish Toxin Causing Serious Illness

There have been several outbreaks of ciguatera fish poisoning among consumers who ate fish harvested in the northern Gulf of Mexico. The FDA has said that groupers, snappers, amberjacks and barracudas represent the most significant health threat.

When these fish feed on other fish that have eaten toxic marine algae, they concentrate the toxins in their tissues. The greatest risk of poisoning for humans comes from the largest fish.

Symptoms of ciguatera poisoning include nausea, vomiting, vertigo and joint pain. In the most serious cases, neurological problems can last for months or even years.



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BY foxtroter   
  
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[ Posted on February 07, 2008 ]
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Though predominantly a tropical water problem of the Pacific and Caribbean, ciguatoxin has been found in farm-raised salmon.

There is also some evidence that it can be sexually transmitted.  So never have sex after eating fish--LOL

Always feed your annoying neighbor's cat the fish you plan to eat first.---not really--just kidding--I actually love cats.
 

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BY cheftodd   
  
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very funny.

 
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BY mmc88121   
  
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It looks like nothing is safe to eat anymore, unless you raise it yourself, or at least no how it has been raised.

Mary
 

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BY shaneperrone   
  
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I hear yeah :(

 
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BY Russ Bianchi   
  
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As deep water drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico increases, residual toxicity in the fish population will increase, due to several cancer causing solvents used in the drilling, pumping, recovery, derrick maintenance, and tanker shipment operations ALWAYS being spilled. 

But don't ask the OIL companies, with the largest windfall profits in the entire history of capitalism, to fix this, because they 'wink-wink' are not required to, because of their own K Street lobbyists 'bribe-bribe', on both sides of the isles, in the House and Senate, of the US Congress, protection.

 
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BY Jerry2u   
  
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