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Crab Wars A Tale of Horseshoe Crabs, Bioterrorism, and Human Health

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ISBN-10: 1584655313

ISBN-13: 9781584655312

Edition: 2006

Authors: William Sargent

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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, US government officials, biotechnologists, and international corporations. The source of this friction is the discovery 25 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 life-threatening diseases like menengitis, 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…    
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Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University Press of New England
Publication date: 2/28/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

Preface
Acknowledgments
Early Lessons
Introduction
A Day in the Life of a Hunter-Gatherer
Carl Shuster [July 14, 1953]
First Lessons [Boston Children's Hospital, 1956]
At an Ancient Orgy [June 21, 1957]
Commercialization
The Conversation [Woods Hole, 1962]
Bleeding the Crab [1969-1974]
Crabs and Ponies [Chincoteague Island, June 22, 1972]
"Flugate" [1976]
Confessions of a Horseshoe Crab Farmer [Cape Cod, 1982]
A Garden Party [Charleston, South Carolina, 1985]
Environmental Conflicts
Fishing for Bait: The Conch and Eel Fisheries [Delaware Bay, 1990-2000]
A Day at the Beach: Red Knots and Horseshoe Crabs [Reed's Beach, New Jersey, May 29, 1985]
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission [Washington, D.C., 1996-1999]
Jay Harrington vs. Bruce Babbitt [Pleasant Bay, 2000]
A Bizarre Incident [May 23, 2000]
The Decision [John Joseph Moakley Federal Court House, Boston, Massachusetts, May 22, 2001]
The Loophole [Falmouth, Massachusetts, June 2001]
Raw Lysate: A New Industry [Chincoteague, Virginia, July 30, 2001]
Numbers, Numbers, Numbers [Delaware Bay, September 28, 2001]
Postscript [2005]
Index