On this episode we speak to Dr. Kelly Johnson-Arbor, co-director of the National Capital Poison Center.
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On this episode of The Poisoncast learn how an otherwise adorable and innocent looking animal, the puffer fish (or fugu in Japanese) can kill you with one of the world's most deadly poisons, tetrodotoxin.
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