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KT2000

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1. this is what I don't understand

Reply to ghostsinthemachine (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2015, 10:01 PM

Jun 2015

We have occasional red tide blooms that cancel crabbing and clamming. When it is over, harvesting begins again. Why are the crabs and clams safe to eat if they have been exposed to the toxic blooms. Wouldn't the toxin stay in their systems?

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this is what I don't understand KT2000 Jun 2015 #1