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
After an outbreak of paralytic shellfish poisoning that has sickened about 20 people, the Oregon Health Authority is urging people to discard mussels harvested from a stretch of the coast since Saturday.
From Seattle Times • May 29, 2024
"We find paralytic shellfish toxins in our shellfish pretty much year-round at this point."
From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2024
They told us that a blod clot had formed on my mother’s brain and that another paralytic stroke had set in.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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