Lessons from the past
Abstract In two universities I attempted to obtain biosafety guidelines for the culture of amber. The answers, not committed to writing were, ‘These are ordinary environmental microbes, and women have been rubbing their amber beads on their chests for years.’ But still the fears persist. In Italy, w...
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Oxford University PressOxford
2003
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198509004.003.0017 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/52525918/isbn-9780198509004-book-part-17.pdf |
| Summary: | Abstract In two universities I attempted to obtain biosafety guidelines for the culture of amber. The answers, not committed to writing were, ‘These are ordinary environmental microbes, and women have been rubbing their amber beads on their chests for years.’ But still the fears persist. In Italy, when I attempted to culture bones from Pompeii, one student simply freaked out. A question to Jeff Taubenberger: I know that the ‘American expedition’ that exhumed the Eskimo remains did this with little fanfare. The Canadian/British group, on the other hand, were in biosafety tents with a high level of precaution. |
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