The centre says eating contaminated shellfish can lead to serious illness, including paralytic shellfish poisoning, amnesic ...

A B.C. health authority is issuing an alert as the risk of eating contaminated shellfish increases with hotter weather.

Do not eat shellfish found along San Luis Obispo County’s shoreline, the California Department of Public Health warned on Friday. Dangerous levels of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) toxins have ...

Puget Sound’s big seasonal low tides are rolling in this week, pulling back the water and uncovering miles of sand, mud and ...

A toxin that can cause "Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning" has been found in oysters, bay clams, and other shellfish from these states. Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds ...

Over the summer, three people in New York and Connecticut died, and an additional person was hospitalized, The New York Times reported, after they contracted Vibrio vulnificus, a rare but dangerous ...

Before you dig into that platter of freshly shucked oysters or baked clams at your favorite seafood restaurant, better make sure you know from where the shellfish originated. The U.S. Food and Drug ...

Harvesting shellfish without purification has not been allowed in Boston Harbor since 1925, when a national typhoid epidemic was linked to contaminated oysters. (Video by Jenna Perlman/Globe staff) ...