Coastal biomedical labs are bleeding more horseshoe crabs with little accountability

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Horseshoe crabs are bled at a facility in Charleston, S.C., in June 2014.

Horseshoe crab blood is used to test vaccines around the world. But while Europe has approved a synthetic alternative, biomedical labs are bleeding more crabs from the Atlantic Coast.

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