• _Stalwart_@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Environmental scientist here. What we have done to those little duds is not to be forgiven. Yes, their blood is importants but we need to value their livelihood!

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      1 year ago

      Even worse is this bit from the article:

      A synthetic alternative was later invented and has since been approved in Europe as an equivalent to the ingredient that requires horseshoe crabs. But in the U.S., the blood harvest isn’t shrinking. It’s growing