Word: shellfish
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...week.FDA guidelines say that some types of fish, such as shark, swordfish, and king mackerel, contain high levels of mercury, which has been shown to cause nervous system defects and occasional death in infants. “For most people, the risk from mercury by eating fish and shellfish is not a health concern,” states a March 2004 FDA report. “Yet, some fish and shellfish contain higher levels of mercury that may harm an unborn baby or young child’s developing nervous system.”But HMS Professor Emily Oken...
Bourbon Street may have been the stuff of New Orleans lore, a symbol of the city’s quirky decadence, a neon-lit mecca of shellfish, booze, and parties. But for the Big Easy’s poor, the city’s streets—far from Bourbon’s bar scene—bore a more gritty reality...
...spectacular decision in 1984 when he moved to a tiny backwater called Shenzhen, is the country's most successful real estate mogul. He heeded Deng Xiaoping's call to explore the virtues of capitalism, starting a trading company that moved everything from copy machines to the odd crate of shellfish. Although private property was still a dirty word in communist China, in 1993 Wang invested in real estate. He had heard of a man named Trump, and he was intrigued. "I didn't know much about management," he says. "But I thought, Western companies already did it well...
...Portuguese food, this 30-year old institution is a surprisingly relaxed place. Waiter Jose Santos says, “A lot of people come in here for the first time and ask a lot of questions. We try to help them out.” He personally recommends the shellfish casserole, and “anything with pork.” In keeping with the restaurant’s traditional character, the chef refuses to reveal his secrets. The spices used in the frango assado, roast chicken, are strictly confidential...
...Dengue? Australian scientists working with Vietnam's Ministry of Health are experimenting with tiny, one mm.-long crustaceans called MESOCYCLOPS, which fight dengue fever by eating the larvae of mosquitoes that carry it. Villagers in Vietnam transferred the shellfish into mosquito breeding grounds where they are not usually found. Dengue is notoriously hard to eradicate but since 2002, there have been no cases of the disease in test areas. Still, scientists are cautious about widening the program to other regions: in Africa, "Mesos" are carriers of the notoriously parasitic Guinea worm...