21.   The disease causes pneumonia and the spores germinate and spread through the lungs, releasing toxin.

22.   The Riverkeeper Network fears that stirring up the river bottom will release toxins that could harm marine life and groundwater.

23.   The toxins are released by plankton found in the sea and ingested by shellfish such as mussels, clams, oysters and scallops and tiny shrimp.

24.   But, when altered by a virus, it releases toxins that attack body tissue with a virulent gangrene-like infection.

25.   Multiplying rapidly, anthrax bacteria then swarm through the bloodstream, releasing deadly toxins that cause septic shock and organ failure.