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Illinois Man Busted With Puffer Fish Toxin

Posted Jul 1, 08 4:29 AM CDT in Crime & Courts,  US 

(Newser) – An Illinois man has been arrested for possession of a deadly neurotoxin found in puffer fish, reports CNN. Authorities were alerted after the man, claiming to be a doctor, attempted to purchase a significant amount of tetrodotoxin from a New Jersey lab. The poison—1,200 times more deadly than cyanide—can prove fatal to consumers of puffer fish if the delicacy is not prepared properly.

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Pufferfish, unpuffed   ((c) Steve & Jemma Copley)
Puffer fish.   ((c) Todd Huffman)
Puffer fish need the right touch.   ((c) zimpenfish)
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