IP: Lax security eases access to lethal strains

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 15:51:54 -0400
> To: undisclosed-recipients:;
> From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
>
>
> Lax security eases access to lethal strains
>
> By Beth Daley and Raja Mishra, Globe Staff, 10/13/2001
>
> As federal investigators try to trace apparent anthrax attacks in
> Florida and New York, they are hampered by a simple, chilling fact:
> Scores of low-security labs store the deadly bacteria with little
> oversight.
>
> For decades, anthrax lab samples moved freely among researchers and
> universities, from Georgia to California and around the world.
> Hundreds of samples were traded, copied, and mailed on. Authorities
> kept few tabs on the transactions, and remain unable to account for
> many.
>
> http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/286/nation/Lax_security_eases_access_to_lethal_strains+.shtml


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