Organophosphate poisoning
Organophosphate pesticides are one of the top causes of poisoning worldwide, with an annual incidence of poisonings among agricultural workers varying from 3-10% per country.
Gonyautoxin
Like every satoxin, the gonyautoxins are neurotoxins and cause a disease known as paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP). For humans a dose of 1–4 mg of these toxins is already lethal. Shellfish can contain more than 10 micrograms of gonyautoxin per 100 gram weight, inducing that the consumption of a few mussels can already be fatal for human. Each year approximately 2000 cases of PSP are reported, of which about 15% end deadly.