A portable biotoxin detector is in the works at Sandia/California National Laboratories that could give emergency responders vital information about a person’s exposure within minutes. The goal of the ...
In recent years, there has been an increase in the severity, frequency and geographical range of harmful algal blooms (HABs), which can produce biotoxins linked to mass mortalities in fish and birds ...
SEASIDE, Ore. — The harvesting of mussels is closed along the entire Oregon Coast, state agencies warned Thursday, while harvesting of other shellfish is closed for large stretches of the coastline.
Experts have determined that the cause of the recent death of 30 whales in the Valdés Peninsula, in the Argentine province of Chubut, was a harmful algal bloom also referred to as “red tide.” The ...
Recreational shellfish harvesting at Budd Inlet has been closed due to high levels of marine biotoxins in Thurston County. The Thurston County Public Health and Social Services Department says unsafe ...
A team of federal biologists set out from Oregon Monday to survey what could be the largest toxic algae bloom ever recorded off the West Coast. At the same time, two other types of toxins rarely seen ...
California public health officials have announced a quarantine on mussels that aren’t commercially harvested, cautioning that naturally occurring toxins make the species potentially poisonous to ...
A new 5-year coordinated research project (CRP) on biological toxins (biotoxins) and foodborne pathogens that will start in January 2022 is now open for proposals. The CRP has a One Health perspective ...
Researchers have analyzed the impact of diatom algae in the development of Oikopleura dioica, a type of marine zooplankton invertebrate which plays an important role in the global dynamics of the ...
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The man at the center of an investigation for possessing bomb-making materials was in court Friday. But the bail hearing for Ryan Chamberlain did not go as expected. The hearing ...
SEREMBAN: Mussels found in waters off Port Dickson are still not fit for consumption as there are still traces of dangerous biotoxins in them, says Datuk Seri Jalaluddin Alias. The state agriculture, ...