One warm afternoon, a group of poorly trained toxicologists…
One warm afternoon, a group of poorly trained toxicologists was out in the Gulf collecting algae samples less than a mile from shore. They tied up to an oilrig for the night and caught, cooked and ate a triggerfish and a barracuda. Very early the next morning, they became violently ill with severe muscle cramps, G.I. upset, and mental disorientation. They had to be airlifted off the rig and hospitalized. Physicians determined the illness to be due to neural and musculature membrane sodium channel disruption. What caused the illness?
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