poisoning

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Symptoms may resemble food poisoning or, in rare cases, a condition known as anisakiasis.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

There is no known antidote for ricin poisoning.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

The program has a target of ultimately feeding 83 million people, but it has come under the spotlight after thousands of recipients contracted food poisoning.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

His employee, Sawyer, had called in sick with food poisoning the night before.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

On March 26, 1922, less than a month after Stepson’s death, an Osage woman died of a suspected poisoning.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann