At least three people have died and hundreds were sickened in France in the past two months after eating wild mushrooms.
In July and August, 330 cases of poisoning were reported to French poison control
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The Food Safety Information Council has warned people in Australia not to pick or eat wild mushrooms following a number of poisoning cases.
Eight people were recently hospitalized in New South Wales due to wild
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Almost 250 cases of poisonings due to wild mushroom consumption have been reported in France in the past few weeks.
From July to mid-October this year, poison control centers recorded between five and 60 cases
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Fortuitous weather and the increasing popularity of wild mushrooms combined in California to make a particularly dangerous foraging season this past winter and public health officials say the threat is ongoing.
Fourteen people were confirmed
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Several Los Angeles children were sickened last week after sampling a toxic mushroom growing in a community garden at their neighborhood school. At least two of them, including a 10-year-old boy, were taken to a
Continue Reading L.A. school garden closed after children sickened by mushroom
