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 Unhealthy bloom [1]

there's an old belief in the coastal fish-eating state of Goa: if you don't want to spoil your holiday, beware of what you eat.

Now, the state health department has issued a similar warning. Goans, particularly those from the southernmost taluka of Canacona, have been cautioned not to consume any type of shell fish collected from around the area due to a toxic algal bloom found there. Algal blooms are impurities formed by algae on the water surface.

The occurrence of this phenomenon

Publication Date: 
30/01/2002
Frederick Noronha [2]
Down to Earth [3]
Tags:
Food Contamination [4], Fish [5], Governance [6], India [7], Goa [8]

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