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Food processors beware: Salmonella biofilms incredibly resistant to powerful disinfectants

(EurekAlert) Once Salmonella bacteria get into a food processing facility and have an opportunity to form a biofilm on surfaces, it is likely to be extraordinarily difficult, if not impossible, to kill it, according to research published ahead of print in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Researchers from National University of Ireland, Galway conducted Read More »

January 16, 2014
| Filed under Agriculture, Biosafety, Public Health, and Research
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22 spotted deers die due to anthrax infection in Chhattisgarh zoo

(The Times Of India) A day after 22 spotted deer died at the Kanan Pendari Zoo Park in Chhattisgarh, investigations have revealed that the deaths were caused due to Anthrax bacterial infection. “Spotted deer died due Anthrax infection. Analysis of symptoms confirms that the animals were infected by bacteria called Bacillus anthracis”, Principal Chief Conservator Read More »

January 16, 2014
| Filed under South Asia, Agents & Toxins, Biosafety, and International
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Bio-Intelligence Chips for Countering Bioterrorism Threats | Global Biodefense

December 10, 2013
| Filed under Biosafety, Bioterrorism, and Research
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Frederick, Md., watchdog urges state registration, licensing of biocontainment labs

(DailyJournal) A watchdog group in Frederick is urging state licensing and registration of laboratories that handle certain deadly pathogens.

November 27, 2013
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, and Biosafety
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Toxic Agents Easily Bought Online, Pose Public Threat

(Newsmax) When the editor of a health newsletter opened a cardboard box containing a bubble-wrapped surplus lab instrument shipped from an online university outlet, he said he was “freaked out” to find a highly toxic chemical sloshing inside. NaturalNews.com Editor Michael Adams said the $100 instrument he purchased online from Michigan State University last month Read More »