[CPEO-MEF] Ft. Detrick (MD) bio lab

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Input sought at forum on Detrick expansion
Originally published


By Justin M. Palk
Frederick News Post (MD)
November 18, 2007

Frederick County Commissioner David Gray hasn't made up his mind about 
the proposed expansion of biodefense labs at Fort Detrick.

That, he said, is why he called for Monday night's forum to discuss the 
growth of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases.

"That's what I'm there for, to listen to people," he said.

The government has proposed to add 675,000 square feet of administrative 
space and biosafety level-2, -3, and -4 space at USAMRIID.

BSL-4 labs are where researchers study agents with a high risk of 
life-threatening disease for which no vaccine or therapy is available, 
according to the National Institutes of Health.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?StoryID=67797

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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