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Biosecurity staff find skulls and maggots

(3News) Biosecurity staff were left scratching their heads after discovering a box of wild animal skulls crawling with maggots in the post. Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) staff in Auckland uncovered an unusual biosecurity threat when they opened a box containing what is thought to be zebra and wildebeest skulls. The skulls, which were still  Read More »

Ricin Possibly Found in McCarthy Hall

(The Hoya) A report of a potentially hazardous substance prompted D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services to conduct a test for biological agents in McCarthy Hall early Tuesday morning, leading to the discovery of possible ricin. While the tests proved negative, according to a campus-wide email from Georgetown University Chief of Police Jay Gruber, law  Read More »

Fort Detrick’s $10 million fire

(The Frederick News) A welder’s torch may have sparked a fire that caused $10 million in damage at the world’s largest high-security research lab, still under construction at Fort Detrick, according to a report prepared by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The two-alarm blaze started Aug. 14, 2013, at the U.S. Army Medical Research  Read More »

Sens. Blunt, McCaskill praise passage of biosecurity resolution

(Bio Prep Watch) U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) praised the passage on Thursday of a resolution that highlighted the importance of biosecurity and agro-defense to U.S. national and economic security. The resolution stated that the U.S. must not forget the safety, security and health of its livestock and agriculture commodities. It  Read More »

The Only Thing Scarier Than Bio-Warfare is the Antidote

(Newsweek) It was spring 1979 in Sverdlovsk, Russia, a large industrial city straddling the border of Europe and Asia in what was then the Soviet Union. Without warning, 96 residents became ill, with symptoms similar to a severe flu: fever and chills, sore throat and headaches, with some nausea and vomiting. Just the usual one-week  Read More »

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