On the Hunt for Alternatives to Shark Squalene for Vaccines - Chemical & Engineering News

Chemical and Engineering News wrote up a fantastic piece on the #SharkFreeVaccines initiative, diving into all facets of this issue.

“GSK says growth in demand for squalene adjuvants will not result in harm to sharks. The company says its supplier, which it won’t name, does not use sharks listed as endangered species under CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.

But Brendl from Shark Allies says the global trade in shark parts is not transparent, and it may not be possible to prove that squalene came from a healthy shark population or species. ‘Every product that uses shark products contributes to the taking of 70–100 million sharks per year,’ she says.”