Crab wars : a tale of horseshoe crabs, bioterrorism, and human health / William Sargent
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- 2121080
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- Author:
- Sargent, William, 1946-
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- Lebanon, NH : University Press of New England, c2002
- x, 124 p. : maps ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1584651687
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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, 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.
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- Machine derived contents note: Preface ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- Part I: Early Lessons
- Introduction 3
- CHAPTER 1: ADayin the Life of aHunter-Gatherer
- CHAPTER 2: CariShuster 2
- [JUlY 14,19S3]
- CHAPTER 3: First Lessons
- Boston Childrens Hospital, 1956]
- CHAPTER 4: AtanAncientOrgy 25
- [June 2I, 9571
- Part II Commercialization
- CHAPTER 5: The Conversation 33
- [Woods Hole, 1962]
- CHAPTER 6: Bleeding the Crab 37
- [i969-iq74]
- CHAPTER 7: Crabs and Ponies 44
- [Chincoteaguie Island, June 22, 1972]
- CHAPTER 8: "Flugate" 48
- [1976]
- CHAPTER 9: Confessions ofa Horseshoe Crab Farmer 53
- [Cape Cod, 1982]
- CHAPTER 10: A Garden Party 59
- [Charleston, South Carolina, I985]
- Part III: Environmental Conflicts
- CHAPTER 11: Fishing for Bait: The Conch and Eel Fisheries 67
- [Delaware Bay, 1990-2000]
- CHAPTER 12: A Dayatthe Beach:
- Red Knots and Horseshoe Crabs 73
- [Reed's Beach, New Jersey, May 29,1985]
- CHAPTER 13: The Atlantic States
- Marine Fisheries Commission 77
- [Washington, D.C., 1996-1999]
- CHAPTER 14: Jay Harrington vs. Bruce Babbitt 86
- [Pleasant Bay, 2000]
- CHAPTER I5: A Bizarre Incident 92
- [May 23, 2000]
- CHAPTER 16: The Decision 98
- [John Joseph Moakley Federal Court House, Boston, Massachusetts, May 22, 2001]
- CHAPTER 17: The Loophole I03
- [Falmouth, Massachusetts, June 2001]
- CHAPTER 18: Raw Lysate: A New Industry 108
- [Chincoteague, Virginia, July 30, 2001]
- CHAPTER 19: Numbers, Numbers, Numbers 114.
- [Delaware Bay, September 28, 2001]
- CHAPTER 20: Pleasant Bay 119
- [October 2, 2001]
- Postscript 121
- Index 123.
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