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NEWS ABOUT: puffer fish

puffer fish stories: 3 news summaries

(Newser) - The Mediterranean Sea is in crisis because of global warming, according to Greenpeace. The group says its latest research documents the catastrophic effect climate change is having on the environmentally crucial body of water, which it dubs a “sea of hell.” Rising temperatures have sent foreign species like... More »

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climate change • environment • pollution • global warming • Mediterranean Sea • overfishing • puffer fish

 Fish Toxin Buyer
 Linked to Murder Plot 

Man after puffer fish poison was seeking hit man

Jul 2, 08 3:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Illinois man busted trying to buy enough puffer fish toxin to kill dozens of people had been seeking to hire a hit man on the internet to kill a mystery woman, reports the Chicago Tribune. The financial planner sent emails to people offering $8,000 for the murder, authorities... More »

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fish • poison • Illinois • toxin • hit job • murder plot • puffer fish

Illinois Man Busted
With Puffer Fish Toxin

Tried to buy troubling amount from lab

Jul 1, 08 4:29 AM CDT
(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... More »

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fish • poison • toxin • neurotoxin • puffer fish

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