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Dan Logcher[_1_]

Wilson wrote:
> sometime in the recent past posted this:
>
>> "We had some folks get ill 2 years ago when a
>> family ate mussels they gathered attached to a floating mooring. Put
>> some
>> into the hospital w/paralytic shellfish poisoning in Bangor for weeks.
>> No
>> thanks!"
>>
>>
>> ___________________
>>
>>
>> Yipes! I used to cook up mussels I found around NYC when I lived back
>> there. I wasn't aware of that danger.
>>
>> Those raw oysters they sell in little jars - do they tend to be
>> dangerous? How well should I cook them - assuming it's within its
>> expiration date and looks and smells good, of course. Guy in the
>> Asian market told me you can eat them raw, but no thanks, not me. I
>> just bought a bottle in the local Walmart.
>>
>>
>>
> Well, it happened again. This time it was some folks that I knew who
> took some mussels off an mooring on the 4th and ended up going to the
> hospital. I think they might even still be there. This is the same
> situation as last time (which was *1* year ago) - Red Tide warnings were
> in place and the offending shellfish were mussels and not from the ocean
> floor, but from a floating mooring. This is the problem in my mind since
> the algae bloom concentrates in the upper strata. The poisoning slows
> the heart rate, so it's more than just sitting close to the 'water closet.'

It shouldn't make a difference if the mussels are from a mooring or from
the bottom.

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Dan