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in the high prevalence of Nassarius toxicity, consumers fresh eating Nassarius corruption prone to poisoning. Incomplete statistics, since 1985, China had reported a total Nassarius poisoning 55, poisoning the number 433 people, of which 48 people died. Nassarius, commonly known as sea SI Lo, the main producing areas along the coast of Zhejiang, Guangdong, Fujian, overall performances of Nassarius tip to tail, the snail body slender, about 1 cm in length, a width of about 0.5 cm, delicious, tastes very good meat quality. Eating Nassarius have long history in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces area, in parts of Zhejiang and even early April when Nassarius customs of ancestor worship.

" Hai SI Lo has now sold? Do you know Nassarius toxic? &Quot; the author to a farms in jiaojiang fisheries assessment survey. Lao Wang engaged in aquatic product sales, told this reporter: " the last two years, very few have seen people selling, we at first don't know sea SI Lo ate poisoned. Later, industry and commerce, in the investigation of the health sector, and have seen the news on TV, we were aware of the dangers of eating sea SI Lo. &Quot; it is understood that more than 50 years old like the old King of those habits of most pure to eat sea SI Lo. &Quot; we don't sell sea SI Lo for a long time, if eating poison, we are concerned about. &Quot; Li Da aunt tell the author of the next assessment, " the Tomb, many 50 or 60 years old people like us in the farms find sea-SI Lo, like the taste of it on the one hand, on the other hand is also up for ancestors. &Quot;

at present, the business sector is on agricultural trade, and aquatic products wholesale markets such as Nassarius business sales premises may occur for long-term checking, dynamic supervision of implementing the one-month, found no sales Nassarius phenomenon. Reminder for industry and commerce are Nassarius poisoning in the summer high season, when consumers buy the snail bellamya SP, is important to note that discrimination not to procure Nassarius. Special warning those who hold a chance consumers, not because of their meat tender, delicious, risked their lives to eat. If once found someone selling Nassarius, can be reported to the industrial and commercial sector.

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Nassarius itself innocuous, its fatal toxicity is due to Nassarius ingestion of toxic algae, concentration and accumulation of algae toxins are poisons. In recent years, due to the pollution of the marine environment, " red tide " frequent, Nassarius in vivo toxicity greatly increase. Mr Lo's toxins similar to fugu poison, usually heat-resistant, General cooking temperature is difficult to destroy it. Nassarius because of their containing stone house toxins in the body, human consumption will be due to nerve conduction disruption and poisoning may cause dizziness, vomiting, mouth and lips and fingers are numb and other symptoms, short incubation period of 5 minutes, up to 4 hours long, severe, often due to respiratory paralysis and death.