Algal blooms poisoning seafood

October 7th, 2009 Pacific Seafood to appeal Oregon plant waste finePORTLAND, Ore. — The West Coast's biggest seafood processor says it will appeal a $40,000 state fine for failing to clean up waste from its waterfront plant in Oregon.

September 30th, 2009 Ukraine PM to Russia: Hand over poisoning figuresKIEV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has urged Russia to turn over important figures in his nearly lethal dioxin poisoning five years ago. Yushchenko said in an interview aired Sunday night on Channel 1+1 that the testimony of the three men who were at a dinner in 2004 at which he believes he was poisoned is crucial to finishing the investigation.

September 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A group of researchers at the Angstrom Laboratory at Uppsala University in Sweden have discovered that the distinctive cellulose nanostructure of the green Cladophora algae can serve as an effective coating substrate for use in environmentally friendly batteries. "These algae has a special cellulose structure characterised by a very large surface area," said Gustav Nystrom, a doctoral student in nanotechnology and the first author of the research article.

August 26th, 2009 Obama grabs fried shrimp, clams with familyOAK BLUFFS, Mass. — President Barack Obama and his family spent more than two hours at a private beach Wednesday and then he grabbed two big bags of fried seafood for lunch.

July 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A team of scientists has successfully conducted the first remote detection of a harmful algal species and its toxin below the ocean's surface. The detection was made by scientists at NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI).

July 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden have suggested that toxic algal blooms are created when aggressive algae kill and injure their competitors in order to absorb the nutrients they contain. "The behaviour of the algae can be compared to that of blood-sucking insects," said Per Jonsson of the Department of Marine Ecology.

May 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - New fossil findings discovered by scientists have challenged the prevailing views about the effects of "Snowball Earth" glaciations on life, which is presumed to be responsible for widespread die-off of early life on Earth. By analyzing microfossils in rocks from the bottom of the Grand Canyon, the scientists from UC (University of California) Santa Barbara have challenged the view that has been generally assumed to be correct for the massive extinction of early life on Earth.

May 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new analysis has revealed that most of the carbon from lush plankton blooms, whether artificially fertilized or natural, never reaches the deep ocean. The analysis was based on data collected by deep-diving Carbon Explorer that floats continuously, straight through the Antarctic winter.

May 4th, 2009 LONDON - Former 'Baywatch' star and recovering alcoholic David Hasselhoff was rushed to hospital with alcohol poisoning after his teenage daughter found him unconscious. The 56-year-old was 'barely breathing' by the time he arrived at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills Saturday night and his 16-year-old daughter Hayley Amber had to call his ex-wife Pamela Bach to make the emergency rush to hospital, where doctors 'saved his life', reports the Daily Mail online.

May 2nd, 2009 BRUSSELS - India's multi-billion dollar marine products industry has remained largely unaffected by the global economic meltdown, Indian officials and exporters have said. 'There was a lot of stress but because of our good quality and all other things...we could survive the meltdown.

April 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a new research, scientists have found climate change will lead to a devastating loss of phosphorus from soil. The research was done by scientists from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)-funded North Wyke Research.

March 24th, 2009 COLOMBO - One person died and over 120 people were hospitalised Tuesday due to suspected food poisoning in Sri Lanka's eastern town of Trincomalee, the authorities here said. The Public Health Services Division said 123 people, including 75 children, were taken ill after eating buns from a bakery.

February 13th, 2009 LONDON - Beware of fresh fruits and vegetables - they can trigger food poisoning outbreaks, latest research shows. A review co-authored by several experts has highlighted the fact that fresh fruits and vegetables are increasingly recognised as a source of food poisoning outbreaks in many parts of the world.

February 6th, 2009 KOCHI - Seafood exports are likely to fall about 20 percent both in quantity and value terms this fiscal due to the global economic slowdown, an industry body has said. 'The global meltdown has taken a toll on the industry, and seafood prices are going down in international markets,' Anwar Hashim, president of the Seafood Exporters Association of India, told IANS here.

February 1st, 2009 RANCHI - Marriage celebrations in a village in Jharkhand turned tragic when a woman and a child died due to food poisoning and 19 other people were hospitalised, the police said. According to the police, the villagers left Sunday night to attend a marriage in Jaldega block in Simdega district, some 120 km from Ranchi.