Poisons, Radiation, Natural Disasters

Poisons in Nature

• Contact with animals that use poison in self-defense or to subdue prey (snakes)

• Consumption of natural toxins inherent in plant or animal tissue (ricin)

Consumption of plant or animal tissue containing natural toxins that accumulate up the food chain (serve as vehicles for toxins)

• Paralytic shellfish poisoning (toxins produced by algae)

• Ciguatera poisoning (via eating warm-water reef fish – snapper, barracuda; toxin is from marine (microalgae)

Ionizing Radiation

• gamma rays

• beta rays

• alpha rays

• x rays

• cosmic rays

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