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description: 'Certain marine algae produce potent toxins that impact human health through the consumption of   contaminated shellfish and finfish and through water or aerosol exposure. Over the past three   decades, the frequency and global distribution of toxic algal incidents appear to have increased,   and human intoxications from novel algal sources have occurred. This increase is of particular   concern, since it parallels recent evidence of large-scale ecologic disturbances that coincide with   trends in global warming. The extent to which human activities have contributed to their increase   therefore comes into question. This review summarizes the origins and health effects of marine   algal toxins, as well as changes in their current global distribution, and examines possible causes   for the recent increase in their occurrence. Key words: amnesic shellfish poisoning, diarrhetic   shellfish poisoning, dinoflagellates, domoic acid, global climate change, harmful alg '
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journal_identifier: environmental-health-perspectives
journal_pages: 133-141
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  - display_name: "Chapter 6: Climate Impacts on Water-Related Illnesses (in 'The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment')"
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title: 'Marine algal toxins: Origins, health effects, and their increased occurrence'
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url: 'http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1637787/pdf/envhper00310-0137.pdf '
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