Betsy Wurzel's guest today is William Sargent, consultant for Nova Science Series the former director of the Baltimore Aquarium, and a research assistant at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. William has taught at the Briarwood Center for Marine Biology and at Harvard University.
William and Betsy discussed his new book, Crab Wars, A Tale of Horseshoe Crabs, Ecology, and Human Health which has 5-star reviews on Amazon.com! Plus, William Sargent discusses how horseshoe crabs have been instrumental in testing for vaccination safety from the '70s to the present day COVID-19 vaccinations. Also discusses the Lysate Test, what it is and how they use the horseshoe crabs.
The horseshoe crab is at risk for extinction with all the testing and Humans owe horseshoe crabs much respect and gratitude!