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India’s First Pufferfish Poisoning Case Highlights Hidden Riverine Health Risk

In early reports confirmed by Indian scientists, a presented with sudden numbness, vomiting and rapidly progressing paralysis shortly after consuming a low-cost freshwater fish purchased from a village market. Within hours, the patient displayed symptoms consistent with tetrodotoxin exposure, highlighting a health threat that has remained almost entirely invisible in India’s riverine communities. The incident…

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