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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Report questions safety of planned biodefense lab - BusinessWeek

Report questions safety of planned biodefense lab - BusinessWeek: "The federal government has underestimated the risks of building a lab for researching dangerous animal diseases in a densely populated area in the heart of cattle country, a report released Monday contends.

The National Research Council's report notes that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security itself has estimated that there is a 70 percent chance a pathogen could be released from the lab within 50 years, and that it could cause up to $50 billion in damages."

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