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Japan's seafood poison risk drives long voyages and rising prices
Readers learn mercury and other toxins found in coastal fish threaten Japanese health with at least 300 deaths and 9,000 crippled in recent years. As wastes taint waters, boats range farther, increasing costs and reducing freshness for sushi and fugu dinner culture. Special licensed cooks remove poison sacs but a few drops can prove fatal.
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