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Deadly botany: How a jungle poison changed modern medicine

Author Matt O'Hara's book The Flying Death
Macmillan Publishers
Author Matt O'Hara's book The Flying Death

UC Santa Cruz history professor Dr. Matt O'Hara discusses his new book, "The Flying Death: Poison, Plunder, and the Quest for a Miracle Medicine in the Amazon".

This historical book reads more like a high-stakes adventure novel, telling the true story of how an Amazonian blowdart poison went from the rainforest to American corporate boardrooms and became crucial in modern medicine.

Claire is the producer and co-host of This Green Earth and host of The Local View.