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Scientists have identified a form of herpes as the culprit in a widespread viral outbreak that has killed as many as 8 billion French oysters in recent weeks. Experts warn that the great oyster devastation of 2008 will result in a shortage in supplies of the shellfish over the next two years, and could push many people who cultivate and sell the creatures to financial ruin...
...tasty too--Gordon swears by his white chocolate and waxworm cookies--but Americans first need to overcome the "eww" factor. We think bugs are dirty, disease-laden or otherwise dangerous to eat--though they're not, as long as you cook them properly, are not allergic to shellfish (which, like insects, are arthropods) and aren't collecting bugs from fields that have been hit with pesticides. We're revolted by their alien appearance, but then again, lobster could hardly be described as cute and cuddly. And food taboos are not eternal; think of how unlikely it would have seemed...
...Shellfish are almost all low in mercury because they don't live very long and they're small: shrimp, lobster, crab, scallops. And shellfish have medium levels of omega-3s, similar to other medium-size fish. Salmon are also good. They're high in omega-3s and low in mercury because they're also short-lived...
...acid rain. House hopes to increase the waters’ alkaline levels in order to accelerate this natural process that represents half of the Earth’s ability to remove carbon. Increasing the ocean’s alkaline levels will also protect animals whose bodies require calcium, like shellfish, he said. House, who said he came up with the idea while jogging along the Charles River, plans to accelerate the electrochemical weathering process by removing hydrochloric acid from the oceans. “Various people have thought about finding soluble minerals to add to the ocean to increase alkalinity...
Were people simply to eat more fish that live lower down in the food chain, it would mean significant ecological pluses with no real diminution in human health benefits. That calculus may already be helping to recharge the allure of the modest shellfish, including the oyster, which is the target of reseeding campaigns from Long Island Sound to Puget Sound, where it has been most successful. Not only are oysters, along with other mollusks, good for you - oysters are freakishly high in zinc - they feed themselves...