seafood

The Baffling Case of the Elusive Shrimp: Is Labeling Meaningless?

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Is a tiger shrimp a white shrimp or wild-caught or farmed or local or Chinese or what?    Or, as Hamlet once might have asked:  “To sea or not to sea?  Is that the question?”    It turns out that American consumers can’t be sure what kind … Read more

Dead Zones: Why Our Oceans Are Suffocating

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Here’s a story that hasn’t gotten the attention it deserves.   As a result of global warming, agricultural run-off contamination and sewage dumping,  our oceans are losing their oxygen.  These oxygen-depleted spots in our oceans are also referred to as “dead zones,” where plants and animals … Read more