Toxiphobia

Template:Short description Toxiphobia in non-human animals is rejection of foods with tastes, odors, or appearances which are followed by illness resulted from toxins found in these foods.<ref>Garcis, John, Hankins W.G., "The Evolution of Bitter and the Acquisition of Toxiphobia", in: Olfaction and Taste, vol V, 2010, Template:ISBN p. 39</ref><ref>Evolution and Learning, 2013,

Template:ISBN, p. 31</ref> In humans, toxiphobia is the irrational fear of poisons and being poisoned.<ref>Wallace's Monthly, Volume 11, 1885, p. 440</ref>

Notable people

• Kurt Gödel (1906–1978), Austrian-American scientist who, after the assassination of his close friend Moritz Schlick, developed an irrational fear of being poisoned, and only accepted food cooked by his wife.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref>

• Nicolae Ceaușescu (1918–1989), Romanian dictator, who ordered not to have any air conditioning in Palace of the Parliament due to fear of being poisoned by ventilation.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref>

See also

• Foodborne illness