Ketchikan testing local beaches for PSP toxins

(Photo: seator.org)Last summer, Ketchikan Indian Community (KIC) began a phytoplankton and shellfish monitoring program in Ketchikan as part of the Southeast Alaska Tribal Toxins Program. KIC tests samples, and informs the public if dangerous levels of the toxin that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning are found in local clams and mussels.
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Nicole Forbes is the environmental specialist at KIC in charge of collecting samples. She said it’s important for people to understand