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Poisoning- For biological toxicity, see toxin;
- For use of the term in reference to catalysts, see there;
- For use of the term in reference to fissionable material, see nuclear reactor;
- If you want more information on poisoning call your local poison control center;
- If you believe you have been poisoned, seek medical help immediately. Speed is often critical in poisoning cases.
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Safe Tables Our Priority (STOP)
Organization which works to promote food safety and prevent food borne illness. Supports foodborne illness victims, educates consumers about unsafe food conditions, and works with government on food safety issues.
http://www.stop-usa.org
Food Safety
Includes information on the prevention of foodborne illness such as proper cooking temperatures and handling of foods.
http://www.foodpres.com/safety.htm
Foodborne Illness: Prevention Strategies
Factsheet from Clemson University describes types, symptoms and preventing food borne illnesses.
http://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/HGIC3620.htm
Foodborne Illness Education Information Center
Information and discussion of the issues, training materials, discussion groups, and links.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/foodborne/
Foodborne Illness: Ten Least Wanted Foodborne Pathogens
Discusses common causes and symptoms.
http://www.fightbac.org/10least.cfm
FoodNet
Project consists of active surveillance for foodborne diseases and related epidemiologic studies designed to help public health officials better understand the epidemiology of foodborne diseases in the United States.
http://www.cdc.gov/foodnet/
FoodSafety.gov - Foodborne Pathogens
Directory of links dealing with foodborne illness.
http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/fsgpath.html
Foodborne Pathogens: Iowa State University Extension
Includes causes of illness, incubation period, symptoms, possible contaminants, and steps for prevention.
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/foodsafety/pathogens/index.cfm?parent=37
Clemson Extension: Foodborne Illnesses: Viruses
Factsheet showing causes, symptoms and treatment of viral infections.
http://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/HGIC3720.htm
AMA: Diagnosis and Management of Foodborne Illnesses
Publication for health care professionals on the causes and treatments of foodborne ilness.
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/3629.html
Bacteria and Foodborne Illness
Discusses the causes, risk factors, and complications associated with foodborne illness. Reviews treatment options and prevention strategies.
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/bacteria/index.htm
Bacterial Food Poisoning
Discusses the common bacterial agents and the symptoms and foods associated with each agent.
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/extension/poison.html
The Bad Bug Book
This handbook provides basic facts regarding foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins. Each chapter focuses on either one bacteria, virus, parasite, or natural toxin, providing basic facts.
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/intro.html
BBC Health - Food Poisoning
Short discussion of the causes, prevention, and treatments.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/features/food_poisoning.shtml
CDC - Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch
Focuses on the control and prevention of bacterial foodborne and diarrheal diseases. Features news, programs, alerts, and information about individual diseases.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/foodborne/index.htm
How to Help Avoid Foodborne Illness in the Home
Features prevention strategies and causes.
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/food/foodborn/foodborn.htm
Medlineplus: Food Contamination And Poisoning
Features news and factsheets.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/foodcontaminationandpoisoning.html
Waterborne Illness
Factsheets on causes, symptoms, treatment, and prevention.
http://www.fpnotebook.com/GI24.htm
Food Safety: Food Poisoning
Discusses signs, symptoms and prevention of viral, bacterial, and fungal food poisoning. From the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
http://www.vdacs.state.va.us/foodsafety/poisoning.html
RUSick2 Food Poisoning Forum - Michigan State University
Compare notes about what you ate before becoming sick.
http://www.rusick2.msu.edu/
Foodborne Diseases
Fact Sheet on foodborne diseases Escherichia coli (E. coli), Salmonellosis, Campylobacter, and Shigella infections.
http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/me/patientsguide/foodbrn.htm
Vibrio vulnificus
Can cause disease in those who eat contaminated seafood or have an open wound that is exposed to seawater. Features symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, and treatment.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/vibriovulnificus_g.htm
CDC: Healthy Swimming
Recommendations for healthy swimming behaviors needed to protect people from recreational water illnesses (RWIs) and will help stop germs from getting in the pool in the first place.
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyswimming/
EPA Ground Water and Drinking Water
Information from the Environmental Protection Agency on maintaining a safe water supply.
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/
WHO: Foodborne Disease
Includes disease surveillance, publications, and links.
http://www.who.int/foodsafety/foodborne_disease/en/
WHO: Foodborne Diseases
Directory of links and news.
http://www.who.int/health_topics/foodborne_diseases/en/
Medlineplus Medical Encyclopedia: Food Poisoning
Includes symptoms, causes, prevention, complications, tests, and treatment.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001652.htm
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
Minnesota Department of Health: Foodborne Illness
Includes surveillance statistics, outbreaks in the state, symptoms, causes, and prevention.
http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/dtopics/foodborne/
National Restaurant Association : Foodborne Illness
A list of some of the most common foodborne illnesses and their symptoms and causes.
http://www.restaurant.org/foodsafety/pathogens.cfm
Preventing Food Poisoning and Food Infection
Factsheet from the University of Georgia.
http://www.ces.uga.edu/pubcd/b901-w.html
Reducing the Risk of Food Poisoning
Factsheet from Ohio State University.
http://ohioline.osu.edu/ss-fact/0124.html
Seafood-Related Illnesses
Collection of factsheets on various causes of seafood borne illnesses.
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/sea-ill.html
Texas Department of Health: Foodborne Illness
Fact sheets on several waterborne and foodborne illnesses.
http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/ideas/foodborne_illness/
CDC: Rotavirus
Features organism information, concern about the vaccine, treatment, and prevention.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/revb/gastro/rotavirus.htm
CDC: Viral Gastroenteritis
Discusses viruses that can cause gastroenteritis, including rotaviruses, adenoviruses, caliciviruses, astroviruses, Norwalk virus, and a group of Noroviruses.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/revb/gastro/faq.htm
Safefood Bug Bible
Series of factsheets covering the common causes of food poisoning.
http://www.safefood.net.au/content.cfm?sid=426
Foodborne Illness Handbook
Features information about foodborne illnesses and viruses,outbreaks and news.
http://www.FoodBorneIllness.com
DBMD - Brainerd Diarrhea
No cause for this illness has been found yet. Includes source of infection, symptoms, prevention, and outbreaks.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/brainerddiarrhea_g.htm
The Unwelcome Dinner Guest: Preventing Food-Borne Illness
Factsheet on prevention from the FDA.
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fdunwelc.html
Children's Water Fund
Providing clean, disease-free water systems to families otherwise forced to drink disease-invested water in Africa.
http://www.childrenswaterfund.org/
MedlinePlus: Drinking Water
Factsheets and news releases about harmful substances and organisms in water.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/drinkingwater.html
eMedicine - Food Poisoning :
Article by Sunil K Sood, MD.
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic795.htm
eMedicine - Vibrio Infections
Article by Hoi Ho, MD.
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2375.htm
WHO: Water-related Disease
Includes factsheets and issues.
http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/diseases/en/
Foodborne Illness
Directory of factsheets on the most common causes of food poisoning.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/TOPIC_Foodborne_Illness
Parasites and Foodborne Illness
Publication of the US Food Safety and Inspection Service that discusses several foodborne parasites.
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/pubs/parasite.htm
Food Poisoning Microorganisms
Food microbiology online course complimenting 'The Microbiology of Safe Food' book. Resource portal for undergraduates and professionals.
http://www.science.ntu.ac.uk/external/Food%20poisoning%20microorganisms.html
Food Safety Research Information Office
Directory of resources covering several diseases and toxins that can cause foodborn illness.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fsrio/bydiscip.htm
Foodborne Illness--What Consumers Need to Know
Factsheet from the USDA.
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/oa/pubs/fact_fbi.htm
CDC Travelers' Health - Risks from Food and Drink
Factsheet covering prevention of foodborne and waterborne illness.
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/food-drink-risks.htm
Preventing Food Poisoning in The Home
Factsheet from Australia.
http://www.dhs.sa.gov.au/pehs/Youve-got-what/gen-topic-food-poisoning.htm
CDC: Division of Parasitic Diseases - Cysticercosis
Fact sheets and articles on this disease caused by tapeworms.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/cysticercosis/default.htm
Ask NOAH About: Food Poisoning
Directory of annotated links.
http://www.noah-health.org/english/illness/gastro/foodpoison.html
Vibrio parahaemolyticus
Includes cause, associated foods, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of this illness associated with contaminated seafood.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/vibrioparahaemolyticus_g.htm
Foodlink: Food Poisoning
Provides information on the causes of food poisoning.
http://www.foodlink.org.uk/factfile.asp?file=1
CDC Health Topic: Foodborne Illnesses
Causes, symptoms, treatments, and prevention of foodborne illnesses.
http://www.cdc.gov/health/foodill.htm
DBMD - Foodborne Infections
FAQ discussing the causes and preventions of foodborne diseases.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/foodborneinfections_g.htm
eMedicine - Food Poisoning
Article by Senthil Nachimuthu, MD.
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic807.htm
eMedicine Health - Food Poisoning
Articles on the causes, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of several foodborne illneses.
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/collections/1618.asp
FDA/CFSAN - Foodborne Illness
Directory of sites with information on various foodborne illnesses.
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/foodborn.html
Fight Bac!
Information about cross-contamination and how bacteria spreads.
http://www.fightbac.org/foodborne.cfm?section=4
Food Poisoning
Comprehensive information on food poisoning, from the California Poison Control System.
http://wellness.ucdavis.edu/safety_info/poison_prevention/poison_book/food_poisoning.html
Food Poisoning
Includes causes, diagnosis, prevention, prognosis, and resources.
http://www.ehendrick.org/healthy/000557.htm
Food Poisoning
Several articles on various causes of foodborne illness.
http://omni.ac.uk/browse/mesh/detail/C0016479L0016479.html
Food Poisoning Micro-Organisms
Food safety for food workers information source discussing the causes and prevention of foodborne illness.
http://www.ccc.govt.nz/Health/foods3.asp
Food Safety and Foodborne Illness
Factsheet from the World Health Organization.
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs237/en/
Food Standards Agency - Avoiding Food Poisoning
FAQ on several causes of food poisoning.
http://www.foodstandards.gov.uk/healthiereating/asktheexpert/foodpoisoning/
Food Storage, Food Spoilage, and Foodborne Illness
Publication looks at the causes of foodborne illness, such as salmonella, Staphylococcus aureus, Clostridium botulinum, and trichinosis, and ways to avoid problems.
http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~vista/abstracts/aFOODSTOR.html
Foodborne Diseases
Factsheets from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/foodbornedis.htm
Foodborne Illness
Food microbiology online course complimenting 'The Microbiology of Safe Food' book.
http://science.ntu.ac.uk/external/illness.html
Foodborne Illness
Factsheets on causes, symptoms, treatment, and prevention.
http://www.fpnotebook.com/GI21.htm
Foodborne Illness
General food safety information plus a factsheet Hepatitis A and one on Norwalk Virus.
http://www.eatwelleatsafe.ca/illness/fdborne.htm
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