Title

The state Bureau of Health yesterday issued an advisory warning pregnant women,

Authors

Source

Portland Press Herald

Date

2-3-1994

Pages

1A, 14A

Abstract

The state Bureau of Health yesterday issued an advisory warning pregnant women, nursing mothers and women of childbearing age not to eat Maine lobster tomalley due to dioxin contamination -- A 1993 testing program found high concentrations of dioxin in the tomalley of lobsters caught near river mouths in Portland, Phippsburg and Bucksport -- Dioxin, a byproduct of combustion, is believed to be formed when paper mills use chlorine or its compounds to bleach wood pulp -- Details

Subjects

Dioxin, Lobsters

Recommended Citation

"The state Bureau of Health yesterday issued an advisory warning pregnant women," (1994). Maine News Index – Portland Press Herald. 11303.
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