Toxic red tide emergency in Punta Arenas: ban on all sea food

Thursday, January 14th 2010 - 03:03 UTC

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Chilean Health Minister Alvaro Erazo arrived this week in Punta Arenas, extreme south of the country to head an emergency meeting with local officials given the extent of the “toxic red tide” which can be lethal for humans but also threatens the whole sea-food industry along the Magellan Strait coastline. Read full article

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Tim
When you say 'all seafood' I think you mean shellfish - ordinary fish should be safe enough. no?
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