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Among butter clams, which pose toxin dangers to Alaska harvesters, size matters

Butter clams, important to many Alaskans’ diets, are notorious for being sources of the toxin that causes sometimes-deadly paralytic shellfish poisoning. Now a new study is providing information that might help people harvest the clams more safely and monitor the toxin levels more effectively. The study, led by University of Alaska Southeast researchers, found that the meat in […]