Ciguatera: The Weirdest Food Poisoning Ever?

February 26, 2009

As deep sea fish populations decline, people are increasingly eating reef species. Trouble is, there’s a little-known toxin frequently found in these fish that could make you long for a bout of E. coli:

If you go to the Caribbean Islands, you can’t find anybody who hasn’t had it.

It, in this case, being an algae-based toxin that messes with your body so profoundly that it reverses your sense of hot and cold. How screwed up is that? (Thanks, Erica). Link.

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