SEQUIM — Initial tests at sites around Puget Sound have confirmed that Sequim Bay is the only body of saltwater where diarrhetic shellfish poisoning has been found in the state and throughout the U.S., a state Department of Health official said Monday.
“We’ve sampled all parts of the state and have not found other areas affected . . . so that’s good news,” said Frank Cox, marine biotoxin coordinator with the state Department of Health.
State health officials on Aug. 11 reported that three King County residents who ate mussels they harvested at Sequim Bay State Park in late June fell ill with DSP — also called diarrheal shellfish poisoning — in a case that baffles state health officials.
They call it a mystery that can only be solved through testing and analysis of water quality in all parts of Puget Sound.
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