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Vibrio Vulnificus

Serving Safer Shellfish: Why The FDA Shouldn't Back Down

Michael F. Jacobson | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living

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Every summer, like clockwork, a dozen or more Americans with cancer, diabetes, kidney disease, HIV, or alcohol-related liver damage die after eating summer oysters from Gulf Coast states.

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FDA to ban sale of raw oysters from Gulf of Mexico

AP | CAIN BURDEAU | Posted 10.27.2009 | Home

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NEW ORLEANS — Federal officials plan to ban sales of raw oysters harvested from the Gulf of Mexico unless the shellfish are treated to destroy p...

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