Red tide toxin hospitalizes 3 in Machias From: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME | Date: July 8, 2008| Author: ERIC RUSSELL; OF THE NEWS STAFF | Copyright 2008 Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

MACHIAS - Three people were admitted to a Machias hospital over the weekend with symptoms of red tide or paralytic shellfish poisoning, marking the second time in less than a year that people in Maine have been sickened after a nearly 30-year absence of any cases.

Dr. Dora Anne Mills, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, confirmed the cases on Monday. She did not release any names but said those affected were two adults and one adolescent believed to be from...

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