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    Crab Wars - A Tale of Horseshoe Crabs, Ecology, and Human Health

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    A insider's guide to the exploitation of the horseshoe crab by pharmaceutical conglomerates, the discovery of the lysate test, local fishing interests, and the legal and governmental wrangling over the creatures' ultimate fate.... Toon meer
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    AuteurWilliam Sargent
    TaalEngels
    ISBN9781684580767
    UitgeverBrandeis University Press
    Pagina's160
    Formaat215 x 140 mm
    BindwijzePaperback
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    Jaar van uitgave   2021 (2e editie)
     
    Because every drug certified by the FDA must be tested using the horseshoe crab derivative known as Limulus lysate, a multimillion-dollar industry has emerged involving the license to bleed horseshoe crabs and the rights to their breeding grounds.
     
    Crab Wars presents a thoroughly accessible insider's guide to the discovery of the lysate test, the exploitation of the horseshoe crab at the hands of multinational pharmaceutical conglomerates, local fishing interests, and the legal and governmental wrangling over the creatures' ultimate fate. In the end, the story of the horseshoe crab is a sobering reflection on the unintended consequences of scientific progress and the danger of self-regulated industries controlling a limited natural resource.

    This edition of Crab Wars brings the story up to date as companies race to manufacture alternatives to the horseshoe crab blood, which is now essential for testing vaccines such as those developed to counter COVID-19. However, horseshoe crab populations are still dwindling, with profound implications not only for the future of the crabs themselves but also for the ecosystems that depend on them.

    Contents
    Preface
    Acknowledgments

    Part I: Early Lessons
    Introduction
    Chapter 1: A Day in the Life of a Hunter-Gatherer
    Chapter 2: Carl Shuster
    Chapter 3: First Lessons
    Chapter 4: At an Ancient Orgy

    Part II: Commercialization
    Chapter 5: The Conversation
    Chapter 6: Bleeding the Crab
    Chapter 7: Crabs and Ponies
    Chapter 8: "Flugate"
    Chapter 9: Confessions of a Horseshoe Crab Farmer
    Chapter 10: A Garden

    Part III: Environmental Conflicts
    Chapter 11: Fishing for Bait: The Conch and Eel Fisheries
    Chapter 12: A Day at the Beach: Red Knots and Horseshoe Crabs
    Chapter 13: The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
    Chapter 14: Jay Harrington vs. Bruce Babbitt
    Chapter 15: A Bizarre Incident
    Chapter 16: The Decision
    Chapter 17: The Loophole
    Chapter 18: Raw Lysate: A New Industry
    Chapter 19: Numbers, Numbers, Numbers
    Chapter 20: Dr. Ling Jaek Ding
    Chapter 21: Three Surprises
    Chapter 22: The New Kid on the Block: Pease Industrial Park Portsmouth, New Hampshire
    Chapter 23: On Pins and Needles: Operation Warp Speed
    Chapter 24: Three Asian Crabs
    Chapter 25: Afterthoughts

    Index

    William Sargent is a consultant for the NOVA Science Series and is the author of numerous books about science and the environment, including A Year in the Notch: Exploring the Natural History of the White Mountains and Storm Surge: A Coastal Village Battles the Rising Atlantic. Formerly director of the Baltimore Aquarium and a research assistant at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, he has taught at the Briarwood Center for Marine Biology and at Harvard University.

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