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Posted on: September 19, 2018

[ARCHIVED] Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning Biotoxin Levels at Unsafe Levels in Bellingham Bay

PSP biotoxin rose to the highest levels of the year in samples collected from Bellingham Bay this week. Biotoxin levels are high enough that severe illness or even life-threatening symptoms are likely if mussels are consumed.

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