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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Georgia oysters could be dangerous

Warm waters and a bacteria risk mean the state is banning oyster harvesting in Georgia until October. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports coastal waters have reached at least 81 degrees. That is the point the National Shellfish Sanitation Program says oysters can develop a bacteria that makes people sick. Commercial and recreational harvesting is off limits.

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