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Lethal toxin in local waterway reaches highest levels ever measured, but turtle die-off remains a mystery
In addition to hundreds of dead turtles, thousands of dead bunker and at least three sea birds on the shores of Flanders Bay worry environmental scientists.
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County warns about shellfish from local creeks & poisonous biotoxin with suspected link to turtle die-off
The Suffolk County Health Department is warning residents against eating shellfish harvested from tributaries of the Peconic Estuary due to the presence of a marine biotoxin known to cause paralytic shellfish poisoning, a serious and potentially lethal illness in humans.
