Anglers are again being warned about a poisonous fish in Rhode Island waters. Some people eat smooth puffer fish, and some consider them a delicacy, but they're "a serious threat to your health if not ...

Imported dried puffer fish represents a ‘substantial public health threat’ given the potentially lethal toxin it contains after it was linked to four illnesses, according to a report. Four cases of ...

Puffer fish, or fugu, is well-known for being a dish that stands a good chance of killing the person it’s served to. But people still eat it — partly because some people like living life on the edge, ...

“We are educating the public, as some people are unaware of which fish are poisonous, and which are safe. I have ordered that loudspeakers be used to warn people throughout the province. We are ...

To help effectively investigate, remove unsafe seafood products from the market, and develop new prevention strategies, the FDA relies on illness reporting from public health officials and healthcare ...

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It may seem an unlikely beast for comparison, but the poisonous puffer fish Fugu rubripes will tell us a lot about ourselves. So says an international consortium of researchers who announced the ...

Almost 30 cases of ciguatera fish poisoning have been recorded so far this year in Vanuatu. The 27 patients range in age from 6 to 67 years old with the majority aged 35 and older. More men than women ...

A sub-aqueous musical koan created in new media art, Keny Marshall's Apophenia exhibit contains a pair of small puffer fish swimming in a glass bowl upon a pedestal. Video cameras watch the puffer ...

TORONTO -- A tiny Canadian company wants to use poison from a fish -- a substance more toxic than cyanide -- to help cancer patients suppress pain or to wean heroin addicts off their habit.

EVERETT — When Puffer the aptly-named pufferfish first came to the Everett Public Library, the highest grossing movie of the year was “Shrek 2,” the top two songs on the Billboard charts were ...