How Comforting
It’s not just the FDA that’s not looking so hot at present; now the CDC is getting in on the act.
“At the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new $214 million infectious disease laboratory in Atlanta, scientists are conducting experiments on bioterror bacteria in a room with a containment door sealed with duct tape.
The tape was applied around the edges of the door a year ago after the building’s ventilation system malfunctioned and pulled potentially contaminated air out of the lab and into a “clean” hallway.”…
“The CDC’s explanations drew skepticism from some biosafety watchdogs —- especially since this is the same lab building that came under scrutiny by Congress and the Government Accountability Office last summer after the AJC revealed the building experienced an hour-long power outage and backup generators failed to come on.
“I do not believe the CDC would approve this arrangement in a laboratory other than their own,” Richard Ebright, a microbiologist and biosafety expert at Rutgers University in New Jersey, said of the taped Q fever lab door.
Lots more here.
Red round tomato. Nuff, said.
Comment by James — 7/6/2008 @ 2:58 am
Duct tape, dude.
What’s a little smallpox between friends, eh?
Comment by Brad — 7/6/2008 @ 8:40 pm