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 ...

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 ...

At least 20 people have been struck down with paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP), which is caused by saxitoxin ... of the coast to harvesting razor clams, bay clams and oysters.