I love oysters and clams but I've been cutting way back just because they ARE filter feeders. Raw oysters are particularly delicious but are reputed to be a more likely cause of hepatitis than cooked.

But is anyone up on whether there's testing of oysters and clams for heavy metals, dioxins, and other man-made contaminants?

>As far as I'm concerned the way to
>properly prepare oysters is to shuck them and eat them raw on the
>half shell.

David Kirsh


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