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ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man was sentenced Monday to more than 7½ years in prison for obtaining a deadly puffer-fish toxin to deploy as a weapon, which federal authorities once accused ...

Public health officials in Hong Kong have investigated a number of recent food poisoning cases linked to a range of different foods. Earlier this week, the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the ...

Anglers are again being warned about a poisonous fish in Rhode Island waters. Some people eat smooth puffer fish, and some consider them a delicacy, but they're "a serious threat to your health if not ...

Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is best known as the neurotoxin of the puffer fish, though it also appears in a range of other marine species. You might remember it from an episode of The Simpsons involving a ...

Pufferfish can be served for human consumption as a delicacy called fugu. It is especially popular in Japan, but you may also see it available in other countries, including Korea, China, Singapore, ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A 38-year-old suburban Chicago man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to obtaining a deadly puffer-fish poison to deploy as a weapon, which federal authorities had once accused him of wanting to ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A suburban Chicago man has pleaded not guilty to accusations he planned to kill his wife with puffer-fish toxin and collect $20 million in life insurance. Edward F. Bachner IV of Lake ...