My post on Palytoxin from elsewhere: From Wikipedia:"Palytoxin is a very dangerous toxin; it is considered to be one of the most toxic non-peptide substances known... The onset of symptoms in a palytoxin poisoning is rapid, and death usually follows quickly."I think they are referring to oral consumption. I had one friend move a rock with them in it with bare hands, washed his hands, touched his eye a bit later and he described it like his eye was glued shut for a couple of hours. Another friend scrapped Palys off the glass with his thumbnail and ended up passing out for a couple of hours. He said he was too ill to call an ambulance. After this I read a journal article on Palytoxins in the reef aquarium industry and they found the levels vary largely but are present in sufficient levels in palys in each of the store samples to warrant warnings to the consumers:
http://www.plosone.org/article/info:...l.pone.0018235 . I have handled mine with bare hands numerous times, but perhaps mine have lower levels of Palytoxin.
FragIt Dan
03-03-2012, 04:48 AM
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