[CPEO-MEF] BIOWEAPONS, HEALTH: Ft Detrikck (MD) lab workers

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Skeptics call for detailed study of NIH proposal

By Justin M. Palk
Frederick News-Post (MD)
July 10, 2008
	
Members of a local watchdog group want a scientifically valid risk 
assessment of the government's plans to send biodefense lab workers from 
Fort Detrick to Bethesda in cases where they may have been exposed to 
fatal diseases.

The National Institutes of Health is preparing to study the 
environmental effects of the proposal, and took public comment Tuesday 
night on how broad that study should be.

Individuals can continue to submit written comments until Aug. 8.

Frederick Citizens for Biolab Safety members Beth Willis and Barry 
Kissin both asked NIH to consider a study the National Academy of 
Sciences did last year of the risk assessment for a NIH biodefense lab 
in Boston.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?storyID=77316

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Lenny Siegel
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