RED TIDE SHUTS BAY TO SHELLFISHING OUTBREAK TIED TO WIND, RAIN; WORST SINCE '72 From: The Boston Globe | Date: May 27, 2005| Author: Beth Daley Globe staff and Rebecca Mahoney GLOBE CORRESPONDENT | Copyright 2005 The Boston Globe. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

A potent red tide outbreak in Massachusetts Bay is worsening, according to scientists who have recorded some of the highest concentrations of the toxic algal bloom in three decades drifting in coastal waters. Massachusetts officials yesterday shut down shellfishing throughout Cape Cod Bay.

The bloom, made up of vast numbers of single-celled organisms, stretches from Northern Maine to Cape Cod Bay. While swimming is safe in the sometimes rust-colored water, algae's neurotoxins, which co...

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