paralytic

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During this six-month period, mussels may have naturally occurring toxins that can cause paralytic shellfish poisoning and domoic acid biotoxins, also known as amnesic shellfish poisoning.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2025

No associated paralytic cases have been recorded so far.

From BBC • Jul. 23, 2024

"We find paralytic shellfish toxins in our shellfish pretty much year-round at this point."

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2024

There’s all sorts of interpretations about what actually happens after the paralytic.

From Slate • Feb. 1, 2024

At lunch, I ate my lard sandwiches with paralytic slowness, but sooner or later, the janitor started putting the chairs up on the tables.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls