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Timely; the following report came of the ProMed email
listserver this weekend: The regional service of Rospotrebnadzor [Russian Federal
Agency for Protection of Customer Rights and Human Welfare] has released
information about 3 fatal [human] cases from mushroom poisoning this epidemic
season [2010]. The epidemic season starts approximately at the end of
August. There were also 21 non-fatal poisoning cases. The report underlines
that all cases were etiologically linked to mushroom consumption. The experts
note that there were no fatal cases from mushroom poisoning last year [2009]. -- [In Russia, as in many other parts of the world, mushroom
season is essentially just getting started. However, as mushrooms can be a bit
deceptive, it is very important to know which mushrooms are which, and learning
from a trained mycologist is valuable, perhaps so much so as to save your life.
- Mod.TG] Lucky |
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