The Chronicle of Higher Education

Residents Fight Boston U.'s 'BioSafety' Laboratory

Opponents say proposed federal facility to study dangerous pathogens is a health risk and will drain public-health resources

By KELLY FIELD

Boston

Klare X. Allen stands in the middle of the gravel parking lot that may one day house Boston University's "biocontainment" laboratory, pointing out landmarks. Her arm sweeps in a semicircle, past the county...

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