News tagged with shellfish poisoning

Algae that turned toxic stumps scientists

For years, when Washington state health officials tested shellfish for toxins produced by microscopic algae, they zeroed in on two types of poisons.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ocean geo-engineering produces toxic blooms of plankton

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research led by The University of Western Ontario warns of the potential for ecological harm caused by the fertilization of oceanic waters with the trace element iron. This fertilization ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 15, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 9 | with audio podcast




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Robot monitors toxic red tides

A robotic device suspended under the ocean surface from a buoy off the New Hampshire coast is monitoring seawater for evidence of the red tide, clusters of microscopic plants that release toxins into fish ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists discover way to detect low-level exposure to seafood toxin in marine animals

(Phys.org) -- NOAA scientists and their colleagues have discovered a biological marker in the blood of laboratory zebrafish and marine mammals that shows when they have been repeatedly exposed to low levels of domoic acid, ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers report potential for a 'moderate' New England 'red tide' in 2012

New England is expected to experience a "moderate" regional "red tide" this spring and summer, report NOAA-funded scientists working in the Gulf of Maine to study the toxic algae that causes the bloom. The algae in the water ...

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created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Climate change causes harmful algal blooms in North Atlantic: study

Warming oceans and increases in windiness could be causing of an abundance of harmful algal blooms in the North Atlantic Ocean and North Sea, according to new research.

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created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Using air pollution thresholds to protect and restore ecosystem health

Air pollution is changing our environment and undermining many benefits we rely on from wild lands, threatening water purity, food production, and climate stability, according to a team of scientists writing in the 14th edition ...

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created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Toxic red tides: Scientists track neurotoxin-producing algae

which can increase the amount of harmful toxins in the shellfish that California residents consume — ramping up in frequency and severity locally, scientists at USC have developed a new algae monitoring method in hopes ...

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created Sep 30, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Some shellfish gathering in Washington state closed due to presence of toxins

All of King County and most of the eastern portion of Kitsap County in Washington state have been closed to shellfish gathering after tests this week revealed the presence of toxins that can cause paralytic shellfish poisoning.

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created Aug 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Prodigal plankton species makes first known migration from Pacific to Atlantic via Pole

Some 800,000 years ago -- about the time early human tribes were learning to make fire – a tiny species of plankton called Neodenticula seminae went extinct in the North Atlantic.

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created Jun 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

CDC: Food poisoning from salmonella up in US

(AP) -- More Americans got food poisoning last year, with salmonella cases driving the increase, the government reported Tuesday.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers report potential for a moderate New England 'Red Tide' in 2011

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from the NOAA-funded Gulf of Maine Toxicity (GOMTOX) project issued an outlook for a moderate regional bloom of a toxic alga that can cause ‘red tides’ in the spring and ...

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