Removing poison — and stigma — from the world’s most dangerous bowl of soup

Removing poison — and stigma — from the world’s most dangerous bowl of soup

By Lilit Marcus, Erica Hwang, CNN Busan, South Korea (CNN) — In a 1991 episode of “The Simpsons,” Homer goes to a Japanese restaurant and eats fugu, or poisonous pufferfish. He becomes convinced that he’s going to die, so he crosses off as many of the items on his bucket list as possible. There’s one wrinkle — the skillful chef managed to remove all the poison, so Homer’s totally fine and has to keep living his life. Pufferfish, though, still ha…