Monday, April 2, 2007

Seafood poisoning

Seafood poisoning rises with warming (AP)

Filipino fish vendors wait for customers at the Villa Arevalo public market, the same wet market that sold a Barracuda fish that sickened 32 people last August in Iloilo city in central Philippines in this Feb. 26, 2007 file photo. The victims were diagnosed of Ciguatera poisoning, one of the most dangerous but least known forms of seafood poisoning. Ciguatera has sickened people for centuries but is starting to gain a foothold in the developed nations as restaurants scramble to meet the growing demand for reef fishes. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)AP - (Ilo-ilo) Bowls of piping hot barracuda soup were the much-anticipated treat when the Roa family gathered for a casual and relaxing Sunday meal.

Within hours, all six fell deathly ill. So did two dozen others from the same neighborhood. Some complained of body-wide numbness. Others had weakness in their legs. Several couldn't speak or even open their mouths.

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