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Airborne Disease Tests Not a Threat, Says Army Biodefense Lab

Airborne Disease Tests Not a Threat, Says Army Biodefense Lab Global Security Newswire Representatives of the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases in Fort Detrick, Md., last week sought to dispel fears over tests involving …

Kazakh Opposition Worried by Biodefense Lab

A U.S.-funded biodefense laboratory under construction in Kazakhstan created a stir today among opposition officials in the Central Asian nation who demanded to know why they had not been previously notified of the facility, Agence France-Presse reported (see GSN, March 31, 2010). The Central Reference Laboratory in Almaty is intended to support worldwide efforts to  Read More »

Report: Biodefense Laboratory Site Selection Done Fairly

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Homeland Security Department displayed no bias when it decided to place a high-level biosecurity laboratory in Kansas, a recently released government report states (see GSN, Nov. 17). (Dec. 20) – An artistic rendition of the U.S. National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility slated for construction in Manhattan, Kan. The Homeland Security Department’s  Read More »

Hope for Plum Island in unease about Kansas biolab?

Last month the National Research Council issued a safety report which concluded that there is a 70 percent chance of pathogen release from the proposed Manhattan, Kansas BioLab-4 over a 50-year period; The New York congressional delegation points out that upgrading safety at Plum island will cost far less than the $400 million price tag  Read More »

Biosafety Lab Remains Closed Amid Controversy

Biosafety Lab Remains Closed Amid ControversyThe Epoch TimesIn fact there have only been five anthrax cases in the United States and they have come from one of the bio defense research laboratories. …

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