Ultimatum for Laboratories: Secure the Germs or Shut Down
… Labs would be prevented from doing research on high-risk agents if the lab is in violation of security requirements. It would also allow the federal government to suspend federal funding for such labs.
Further, the amendment requires the Homeland Security Secretary to notify all agencies providing funding for high-risk research which labs have been suspended.
- Amendment Designed To Increase Security Measures At High-Risk Labs Passes
RTTNews 2009-10-28
via Federation of American Scientists Strategic Security Blog
… and that is a good thing, because those rare but major emergencies happen more often than they should.
Next step: Stop tempting fate by recreating 1918 flu and keeping samples of historical pathogens…
But wouldn’t it be fun to study the infection pattern?
