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Wild mushroom poisonings spike in Northern California amid ‘extremely high’ risk warning
Wild mushroom poisoning is at the highest level in 10 years from a “persistent and widespread bloom” of Death Caps and Western Destroying Angels across Northern California and the Central Coast, health officials say. The California Department of Public Health strongly urges the public not to pick or consume wild mushrooms, saying the risk of […] The post Wild mushroom poisonings spike in Northern California amid ‘extremely high’ risk warning appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, Wild mushroom poisonings spike in Northern California amid ‘extremely high’ risk warning, Wild mushroom poisoning is at the highest level in 10 years from a “persistent and widespread bloom” of Death Caps and Western Destroying Angels across Northern California and the Central Coast, health officials say. The California Department of Public Health strongly urges the public not to pick or consume wild mushrooms, saying the risk of […] The post Wild mushroom poisonings spike in Northern California amid ‘extremely high’ risk warning appeared first on Local News Matters .
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