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When the Horseshoe Crabs Are Gone, We’ll Be in Trouble

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  • Feb 16, 2023
  • #Ecology
Deborah Cramer
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www.nytimes.com
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Their blood is used in a critical test to detect toxins in injectable medicines. We need a synthetic version of that test.

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Stewart Brand @StewartBrand · Feb 17, 2023
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Big Pharma is Bad Pharma when it keeps exploiting horseshoe crabs for their blood now that there is an even better synthetic substitute. Good article.
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