Sentences with phrase «contaminated shellfish»

These events can sicken or kill people who consume toxin - contaminated shellfish, and can damage marine ecosystems by killing fish and other marine life,» says Christopher Gobler, professor of marine science at Stony Brook.

This could result in fewer fish, farther - away fish, and even contaminated shellfish.

Anyone on a kayak tour who eats PSP contaminated shellfish is at risk for illness or death.

«These events can sicken or kill people who consume toxin - contaminated shellfish and can damage marine ecosystems by killing fish and other marine life.»

Around a decade later an unknown ship, probably from the Bay of Bengal, discharged ballast water into the coastal waters of Peru, releasing a strain of cholera that contaminated shellfish.

For the sake of comparison, another study has estimated that many Europeans consume about 11,000 of these particles every year by eating contaminated shellfish.

Warming temperatures, changes in precipitation, and more extreme weather are projected to increase populations of disease - carrying vectors like mosquitoes with West Nile Virus and of the types of bacteria and toxic algae that contaminate shellfish and recreational waters for activities like swimming and boating.

Harmful algal blooms, which often produce a toxin and occur in both salt and fresh water, are known to kill fish, marine mammals, and birds; they can contaminate shellfish with toxins and harm human health, sometimes resulting in fatalities.

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When they consume BMAA - tainted food or drink — be it bat stew, shellfish, or contaminated water — the molecule is not discarded; instead, it is taken up and deposited in the brain, forming what Cox calls a «toxic reservoir.»

The disease lives in brackish water and is closely associated with rainfall linked to the ENSO, spreading through contaminated water and shellfish.

In mid-December 2012 recreational mussel harvesting was closed along the entire Oregon coast because the mussels were contaminated with paralytic shellfish toxins.

Other phytoplankton produce domoic acid, a neurotoxin that kills people, birds and marine mammals snacking on contaminated fish and shellfish.

But the government says it is crucial to protect people from dangers of eating shellfish contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, elements of oil that are carcinogenic.

The most common contaminated foods include fish, shellfish, dairy products, meat and poultry.

Contact with contaminated fish and shellfish is also a risk factor, and crabs are known to carry Vibrio bacteria on their shells.

It's estimated that around 52,000 of those cases are caused by eating contaminated food, mostly raw or undercooked shellfish.

These are foreign pathogens that make their way into our bodies through unclean water, shellfish, pork products and other forms of contaminated food.

It is caused by eating shellfish contaminated with the dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella that contains a toxin.

Nutrients and bacteria from this waste can contaminate waterways, killing fish and shellfish and disturbing aquatic ecosystems.

According to the CDC and other medical sources, the hepatitis A virus is the most common vaccine - preventable infection picked up by travelers from the U.S. Transmission occurs through direct person - to - person contact, through exposure to contaminated water or ice, or through shellfish harvested from or washed in contaminated water.