From New Scientist:Has the massive expansion of biodefence research in the US since the anthrax letters of 2001 made America a safer place, or more dangerous?
That's the burning question among specialists in infectious disease, after a flurry of concerns about safety at labs handling potential bioweapons agents.
Biosafety was already on the political agenda, with the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce having scheduled a hearing for 22 September on government oversight of high-containment biolabs.
But the hearing was given a sharper edge by the revelation that Malcolm Casabadan, a microbiologist at the University of Chicago, had died just days before.
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My Comment: Considering the amount of money that is spent .... it better beworth it.