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Gonyaulax catanella

Saxitoxin Gonyaulax catanella, dinoflagellate marine algae (proposed for lethal steel darts one-fifth the thickness of a human hair shot by an air pistol)... [Pg.69]

Toxins were employed in ground or air bursting munitions, aircraft spray tanks or ground-level aerosol generators. It was widely reported a few years ago that an air gun was developed for the CIA that shot a steel dart one-fifth the thickness of a human hair. The dart was dipped in shellfish toxin (saxitoxin, Gonyaulax tamarensis or perhaps catanella) and was... [Pg.67]

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