Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has lifted the recreational use health advisory issued for Eckman Lake in Lincoln County. OHA ...

A red tide alert is up on two more bays in Negros Oriental following laboratory results that showed high levels of harmful ...

According to the FDA, Japanese pufferfish contain tetrodotoxin or saxitoxin, toxins “more deadly than cyanide.” Because of ...

It is collected when they are warm and contains saxitoxin, a paralytic shellfish poison. This is not produced by mussels themselves but originates from plankton. This plankton breeds when the ...

The Lilly Center for Lakes & Streams announces the sixth edition of Beneath the Surface, a yearly report that shares the data ...

At a nearby pond not connected to Lake Tahoe, however, state officials reported that “at Nevada Beach, results for a sample taken from a shallow pond not connected to the lake contained a very low ...

Exposure for 30 min to 1.0% NaOCl is an effective procedure for the laboratory (working solutions, equipment, animal cages, working area and spills) for the inactivation of saxitoxin or tetrodotoxin.

7,19 All burnable waste from LMW toxins should be incinerated at temperatures in excess of 815º C (1,500º F). Saxitoxin No Autoclaving with 17 lb pressure (123º C) for 30 min failed to inactivate LMW ...

In this project, proficiency test for both ricin and saxitoxin were arranged in the first half of 2013. In 2016, VERIFIN prepared itself to the ricin confidence building exercise which was organized ...