Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning -- United States
The following notice was received on May 6 from the Whatcom County [Washington State] Health Department:
Paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) biotoxin has reached unsafe levels in molluscan shellfish in Drayton Harbor. To protect the public, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) closed recreational harvest on all beaches from Birch Point north to the Canadian Border including all of Point Roberts.
Shellfish sold in restaurants and retail markets have been tested before
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?7311953&promed&0
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