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Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 09:04:27 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Algae Bloom Prompts DSHS to Close 3 Bays to Shellfish Harvesting, Issue Recall (March 7)

Algae Bloom Prompts DSHS to Close 3 Bays to Shellfish Harvesting, Issue Recall (March 7)
Sat, 8 Mar 2008 07:44:00 -0600

The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has closed Aransas, Corpus Christi and Copano bays to shellfish harvesting and has issued a recall of oysters, clams and mussels because of an algae bloom. DSHS officials say high concentrations of the Dinophysis organism have been found in several locations in the area. The toxin produced by this algae bloom, okadaic acid, can accumulate in shellfish tissue and cause diarrhetic shellfish poisoning, or DSP, in people who consume oysters, clams or mussels. Cooking does not destroy the toxin.

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