Toxicology
Scientists at Food & Drug Administration Publish Research in Toxicology
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, March 27th, 2011
2011 MAR 27 -- Fresh data on Toxicology are presented in the report 'Toxin profiles of five geographical isolates of Dinophysis spp. from North and South America.' "Marine dinoflagellates of the genus Dinophysis can produce toxins of the okadaic acid (OA) and pectenotoxin (PTX) groups. These lipophilic toxins accumulate in filter-feeding shellfish and cause an illness in consumers called diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP)," scientists writing in the journal Toxicon report.
"In 2008, a bloom of Dinophysis led to the closure of shellfish harvesting areas along the Texas coast, one of the first DSP-related closures in the United States. This event...
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