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Conservations warn horseshoe crabs could go to extinct because their blood is being used in Covid vaccines and for drug testing: Up to 30% of the crustaceans have already been killed off in the US
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Horseshoe crabs have bright blue blood that is a natural source of Limulus polyphemus

  • This is used to test vaccines, including those for COVID, and drugs for dangerous bacterial toxins before the products hit the market

  • The horseshoe crabs are drained for up to eight minutes and returned to the ocean

  • However, data shows up to 30% of the marine creatures die shortly after

Posted by: Skidmark 2021-12-18
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=620217