So ... did some dogs get ill because they ate diseased or toxic fish or sea-creatures suffering from Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP)?

But how did the marine life get ill?

Most likely an "algal bloom" - [www.bbc.co.uk].

And a particularly nasty one in 2008 - [www.copernicus.eu].

So what's causing these algal blooms? Could they be man-made, as suggested in this 1989 paper: [www.aqua.dtu.dk]

Might they be the result of oxygen depletion events in the North Sea?

If so, what's causing oxygen depletion events?

Could possibly be a combination of plastic pollution and other factors that are playing havoc with all-important sediments.

So, every time we throw a bit of plastic away, we might be endangering some form of sea-life, wrecking fishermen's livelihoods, and risking the life of someone's pet dog ....

And that's just for starters ...

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