For 10 points, name this compound often associated with food poisoning, which some people inject to reduce wrinkles around the eyes.
Actual infections of the agent that produces it are incredibly rare, as it is produced by an anaerobe of the genus Clostridium. It blocks acetylcholine release from neurons, causing flaccid paralysis, and thus, beginning in 1989, patients suffering from blepharospasm and strabismus, characterized by excessive muscle contractions, were prescribed it as treatment. For 10 points, name this compound often associated with food poisoning, which some people inject to reduce wrinkles around the eyes.
Actual infections of the agent that produces it are incredibly rare, as it is produced by an anaerobe of the genus Clostridium.
{Botulism} toxin [accept {botulinum} toxin, grudgingly accept {botox}]