Growing Number of Biosafety Labs Raises Red Flags

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The rapidly growing number of U.S. biosafety labs—those that study potentially lethal pathogens—is causing concern. Are they actually putting the public at greater risk?

Published Aug. 20 2014 1:00PM EDT

articles/2014/08/20/growing-number-of-biosafety-labs-raises-red-flags/140820-biosafety-arkin-tease_hymdyw — Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters

By James Arkin at The Center for Public Integrity

Since the 2001 anthrax letter attacks that killed five people and raised the specter of bioterrorism in the United States, the number of high-level biosafety labs operated by governments, universities and others to study potentially lethal pathogens has been expanding rapidly.

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Growing Number of Biosafety Labs Raises Red Flags

The rapidly growing number of U.S. biosafety labs—those that study potentially lethal pathogens—is causing concern. Are they actually putting the public at greater risk?

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