Crab Wars
A Tale of Horseshoe Crabs, Bioterrorism, and Human Health
1st edition
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Word Count
52,000 words, Guess
Page Count
208 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archivecrabwarstaleofho0000sarg
- ISBN-101584651687
- ISBN-139781584651680
- Goodreads2664004
- Library of Congress Control Number2002009946
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number50080129
- Better World Books9781584651680
- Open LibraryOL8793702M
Classifications
- LCCQL447.7 .S27 2002
- LCCQL447.7.S27 2002
Description
"Surviving almost unmolested for 300 million years, the horseshoe crab is now the object of an intense legal and ethical struggle involving marine biologists, environmentalists, U.S. government officials, biotechnologists, and international corporations. The source of this friction is the discovery twenty-five years ago that the blood of these ancient creatures serves as the basis for the most reliable test for the deadly and ubiquitous gram-negative bacteria. These bacteria are responsible for such life-threatening diseases as meningitis, typhoid, E. coli, Legionnaire's Disease, and toxic shock syndrome. 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 access rights to their breeding grounds."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
IT IS EARLY MORNING.
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