November 30, 2007
Report Faults NIH Safety Analysis of Biosafety Laboratory at Boston U.
Washington
A safety evaluation of a laboratory being built by Boston University to study the most dangerous microbes suffered from "serious problems" and was "not sound and credible," said a National Research Council panel on Thursday.
That harsh conclusion could give ammunition to Boston residents who have sued to block construction of the lab in Boston's South End. The National Institutes of Health, which did the safety evaluation, had awarded the university $128-million in 2003 to
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