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Flu Vaccine Derived From Army Worm Cells Instead Of
Home » Environmental, News » Flu Vaccine Derived From Army Worm Cells Instead Of Whole Chicken Eggs
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Last updated: Saturday, December 5, 2009

Army worm invasion. Image credit: ABC News: Scott Ross Most people probably don’t realize how flu vaccines are made - by injecting live flu virus into living chicken eggs, incubating the virus-infected eggs, etc. That 50-year old vaccine making process poses a potential risk to employees working with live virus, and also may offend animal rights activists. (Do PETA members accept

flu vaccines; just wondering?) Could also be off-putting to persons for whom a very strict vegetarian diet is part of their religious practice. ‘ Who cares as long as I can get my seas… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Flu Vaccine Derived From Army Worm Cells Instead Of Whole Chicken Eggs

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