January 5, 2014 — "Because these fish were reportedly purchased in the United States, they pose a substantial U.S. public health hazard given the potency of the toxin and the high levels of toxin found in the fish," Deeds and colleagues wrote.
The brother and sister showed up in the emergency room with odd symptoms – numb teeth, weakness and, most frightening, troubled breathing. They'd eaten banned, deadly poisonous pufferfish.
There wasn't much the busy Minneapolis emergency room team could do, but they kept an eye on the two, who helpfully brought in samples of the toxic fish they'd eaten. Once it was clear they were not going to die, both left, against medical advice, and disappeared.
The fish they ate was an extremely poisonous species of pufferfish – related to an Asian delicacy widely known as fugu. The 30-year-old man and his 33-year-old sister told doctors they'd bought the dried fish in New York and brought it back to Minneapolis as a treat.
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