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Choice of site for biosafety lab is delayed
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Copyright informationCopyright Advanstar Communications, Inc. Aug 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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WASHINGTON - A decision on where a proposed National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility would be located has been postponed until at least the end of the year, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
In June, the department's Science and Technology Directorate named six potential sites for the facility, which would be used for researching threats to the country's food supply, and said a decision could be handed down as early as July.
Now, public meetings will be held near each of the proposed sites later this summer.
A draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) analyzes the proposal to design, construct and operate the NBAF, including risk assessments, for each of the proposed ...
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