What is Amnesic shellfish poisoning?
'''Amnesic shellfish poisoning''' is an illness caused by [[poison]]ing with a particular [[toxin]] called ''domoic acid''.<ref name=uhm>{{cite journal | author = Clark R.F. ''et al'' 1999 | title = A review of selected seafood poisonings | journal = Undersea Hyperbaric Medicine | year = 1999 | volume = 26 | issue = 3 | pages = 175–184 | pmid = 10485519 | url = http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/2314 | access-date = 2016-09-05 | archive-date = 2011-08-11 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110811180444/http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/2314 | url-status = dead }}</ref> At times, some [[diatoms]] produce domoic acid in ocean water. [[Shellfish]] accumulate this poison, and when they are eaten by people, the people get poisoned. The [[symptoms]] may be very severe: they include permanent memory loss, [[brain damage]], and [[vomit]]ing.<ref>{{ cite book |author=Bates S.S. & Trainer V.L. 2006 | title = Ecology of Harmful Algae | chapter = The ecology of harmful diatoms | series = Ecological Studies | year = 2006 | volume = 189 | publisher = Springer-Verlag | location = Heidelberg | pages = 81–93 | doi = 10.1007/978-3-540-32210-8_7 | isbn = 978-3-540-74009-4 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | author = Bejarano A.C. ''et al'' 2008 | title = Production and toxicity of the marine biotoxin domoic acid and its effects on wildlife: a review | journal = Human and Ecological Risk Assessment | year = 2008 | volume = 14 | issue = 3 | pages = 544–567 | doi = 10.1080/10807030802074220 | s2cid = 51778319 | url = http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/assets/pdfs/vetsci-stranding/scientific-contributions/2008/bejarano-2008-review-of-domoic-acid.pdf | access-date = 2016-09-05 | archive-date = 2016-06-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160629095416/http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/assets/pdfs/vetsci-stranding/scientific-contributions/2008/bejarano-2008-review-of-domoic-acid.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{ cite journal |author=Lefebvre K.A. & Robertson A. 2010 | title = Domoic acid and human exposure ris