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Deadly Germ Research Is Shut Down At US Army Lab by bidenkusher: 3:46am On Feb 25, 2021 |
Safety concerns at a prominent military germ lab have led the government to shut down research involving dangerous microbes like the Ebola virus. The institute is a biodefense center that studies germs and toxins that could be used to threaten the military or public health, and also investigates disease outbreaks. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/05/health/germs-fort-detrick-biohazard.html 1 Like 4 Shares |
Re: Deadly Germ Research Is Shut Down At US Army Lab by bidenkusher: 3:46am On Feb 25, 2021 |
The suspended research involves certain toxins, along with germs called select agents, which the government has determined have “the potential to pose a severe threat to public, animal or plant health or to animal or plant products.” There are 67 select agents and toxins; examples include the organisms that cause Ebola, smallpox, anthrax and plague, and the poison ricin. |
Re: Deadly Germ Research Is Shut Down At US Army Lab by bidenkusher: 3:47am On Feb 25, 2021 |
In theory, terrorists could use select agents as weapons, so the government requires any organization that wants to handle them to pass a background check, register, follow safety and security procedures, and undergo inspections through a program run by the C.D.C. and the United States Department of Agriculture. As of 2017, 263 laboratories — government, academic, commercial or private — had registered with the program. |
Re: Deadly Germ Research Is Shut Down At US Army Lab by bidenkusher: 3:47am On Feb 25, 2021 |
The problems date back to May 2018, when storms flooded and ruined a decades-old steam sterilization plant that the institute had been using to treat wastewater from its labs, Ms. Vander Linden said. The damage halted research for months, until the institute developed a new decontamination system using chemicals. The new system required changes in certain procedures in the laboratories. During an inspection in June, the C.D.C. found that the new procedures were not being followed consistently. Inspectors also found mechanical problems with the chemical-based decontamination system, as well as leaks, Ms. Vander Linden said, though she added that the leaks were within the lab and not to the outside world. |
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