Van Dolah F M
Marine Biotoxins Program, NOAA National Ocean Service, Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research, Charleston, South Carolina 29412, USA.
Environ Health Perspect. 2000 Mar;108 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):133-41. doi: 10.1289/ehp.00108s1133.
Certain marine algae produce potent toxins that impact human health through the consumption of contaminated shellfish and finfish and through water or aerosol exposure. Over the past three decades, the frequency and global distribution of toxic algal incidents appear to have increased, and human intoxications from novel algal sources have occurred. This increase is of particular concern, since it parallels recent evidence of large-scale ecologic disturbances that coincide with trends in global warming. The extent to which human activities have contributed to their increase therefore comes into question. This review summarizes the origins and health effects of marine algal toxins, as well as changes in their current global distribution, and examines possible causes for the recent increase in their occurrence.
某些海洋藻类会产生强效毒素，这些毒素通过食用受污染的贝类和有鳍鱼类以及通过水或气溶胶暴露影响人类健康。在过去三十年中，有毒藻类事件的频率和全球分布似乎有所增加，并且已经发生了来自新型藻类来源的人类中毒事件。这种增加尤其令人担忧，因为它与最近大规模生态干扰的证据相平行，而这些干扰与全球变暖趋势一致。因此，人类活动对其增加的贡献程度受到质疑。本综述总结了海洋藻毒素的来源和健康影响，以及它们当前全球分布的变化，并探讨了近期其发生增加的可能原因。
