Remember the old Simpsons episode where Homer eats the poison sushi? The stuff was called Fugu, and it’s made out of pufferfish/blowfish. It can be more poisonous than getting bit by a dog that just ...

When Edward Bachner was arrested in July for buying enough poison to kill about 100 people, he inadvertently implicated sushi chefs as potential bioterrorists. The 35-year-old Chicagoan ordered 98 ...

Tetrodotoxin is a powerful nerve toxin 100 times more poisonous than cyanide. When consumed it can shut down organs in the human body, leading to a zombie-like state of paralysis and eventual death by ...

This week’s print column breaks down the myths around the poisonous Japanese blowfish known as tora-fugu. The delicacy was arguably made famous by a Simpsons episode in which Homer thinks he has only ...

The first time I heard about fugu was on an episode of The Simpsons. Homer visits a new sushi restaurant and he demands to eat fugu (as well as everything else on the menu). The sushi master was “busy ...

When the Simpsons go to a sushi bar, Homer decides to try Fugu, a poisonous fish if not cut properly. Homer ends up going to the hospital and told he has 22 hours to live and tries to live his life to ...

Tetrodotoxin is a powerful nerve toxin 100 times more poisonous than cyanide. When consumed it can shut down organs in the human body, leading to a zombie-like state of paralysis and eventual death by ...