[CPEO-MEF] BIODEFENSE: Homeland Security labs, Ft. Detrick (MD)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Dr. Oz shows off Fort Detrick's Homeland Security lab today


By Megan Eckstein
Frederick News-Post (MD)
November 16, 2010

	
Today's episode of The Dr. Oz Show will give the national audience a 
look at something most local residents have not even seen: the 
Department of Homeland Security's containment lab at Fort Detrick.

Two weeks ago, Mehmet Oz and his production team got a sneak peek at the 
yet-to-open National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center lab. 
Today's episode features a walk-through of the $147-million facility and 
its two core missions: threat characterization to determine how the U.S. 
is susceptible to bioterrorism and biocrime, as well as bioforensics to 
track down the culprit in the aftermath of an attack.

"I think there is a lot of fear and misunderstanding about bioterrorism 
and I wanted to do a story on the preparations that have been made and 
the anatomy of the response to an attack," Oz wrote in an e-mail Monday 
to the News-Post.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?storyID=112470

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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
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