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For the last month, hundreds of seabirds have been poisoned by domoic acid, a neurotoxin produced in harmful algal blooms that are consumed by filter-feeding fish, such as anchovies and sardines.

She said dead cats had been found in parks and that she suspected it was due to them eating rat poison left out to reduce the growing problem of vermin.

There’s no denying this tree has been poisoned by profit-seeking incentives that have produced giant, twisted branches like Big Pharma or health care insurance middlemen that profit from denying claims.

That’s precisely why the pressure ratchets up further when the anonymous person contacting Violet tells her to poison her date.

In a tragic case several years ago, police said a man killed himself with poison after losing money in a bet.