date:Dec 04, 2017
Climate change is increasing the number of pathogens in oysters, according to a study published in the National Academy of Sciences. The bacteria Vibrio parahaemolyticus and vulnificus occur naturally in the ocean. Their numbers increase when the water temperatures increase.
And oysters, since they are filter feeders, take up these bacteria. When the oysters are eaten raw, people get sick.
There have been been many harvesting warnings and recalls of oysters for these pathogenic bacteria in the