Protecting Ourselves from Shellfish Poisoning
By Mary Silver
Molecular probes deployed by California scientists are just the latest weapons in our species' long battle with harmful algae
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July-August 2006
Volume 94, Number 4
Page 316
DOI: 10.1511/2006.60.316
As the sun set over San Francisco Bay on July 15, 1927, area residents had plenty to talk about: Aviators Ernie Smith and Emory Bronte had just become the first to fly a single-engine aircraft, City of Oakland, 2,100 miles nonstop from Oakland to Hawaii. But the next day, a panic began to grip the area.
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