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Crab Wars: Horseshoe Crabs, Bioterrorism, and Health

June 6, 2005

William Sargent environmental writer; NOVA consultant

William Sargent, environmental author and NOVA consultant, reveals intense debates currently surrounding horseshoe crabs. 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.

William Sargent is a consultant to the NOVA Science Series and former director of the Baltimore Aquarium. He presently teaches at The Briarwood Center for Marine Biology and at Harvard University.

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Topics: Health & Happiness | Science & Nature

Tags: Animals & Insects | Biology | Environment | Habitat | horseshoe crab | Humans & Nature | Marine Technology | Medical Treatment | ocean | Oceans & Aquatic Life

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