[CPEO-MEF] BIODEFENSE: U.S. Moves Ahead on Plan to Sell Plum Island

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

U.S. Moves Ahead on Plan to Sell Plum Island, Home of a Research  
Laboratory

By JIM RUTENBERG
New York Times
August 30, 2013

MONTAUK, N.Y. - It has figured in conspiracy theories involving  
government experimentation with odd hybrid animals, à la Dr. Moreau.  
It was mentioned in "Silence of the Lambs" as the one place fit for  
the serial killer Hannibal Lecter. In real life, it was home to a  
high-security federal laboratory that did important research on  
contagious animal diseases.

Now, with one of the final federal decisions having been announced  
this week, Plum Island is that much closer to being sold, though  
probably at a price to make even Dr. Moreau think twice.

The General Services Administration and the Department of Homeland  
Security, which are jointly overseeing the sale of the island,  
released a "record of decision" on Thursday night to help clear the  
way for an eventual sale that has been in the works since 2008, when  
the government floated the idea, since approved, of moving the Animal  
Disease Center to Manhattan - Manhattan, Kan., that is.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/31/nyregion/us-moves-ahead-on-plan-to- 
sell-plum-island-home-of-a-research-laboratory.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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