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In a scathing report examining the exposure of three
\n Boston University researchers to tularemia last year, Boston public health
\n authorities
\n yesterday called on BU to strengthen internal oversight of safety
\n in medical school laboratories.<\/p>\n
The study by the Boston Public Health Commission is sharply
\n critical of safety lapses in the lab where the scientists contracted potentially
\n lethal tularemia while developing a vaccine against the bacterial disease,
\n commonly known as rabbit fever.\n <\/p>\n
Top representatives of the Public Health Commission
\n sketched out their findings last night for Boston city councilors, who
\n were meeting to collect testimony about BU’s ability to operate a proposed
\n lab where researchers could study the deadliest known pathogens, including
\n ebola, plague, and anthrax.<\/p>\n
Several councilors — including Maura Hennigan, who is running for mayor
\n against incumbent Thomas M. Menino, an ardent champion of the planned
\n lab — posed this question: If BU could not safely operate a lower-security
\n facility, how can it be trusted to run a high security lab that would
\n handle lethal agents?<\/p>\n
One more reason we have become a big fan of distance from the In a scathing report examining the exposure of three Boston University researchers to tularemia last year, Boston public health authorities yesterday called on BU to strengthen internal oversight of safety in medical school laboratories. The study by the Boston Public … Continue reading
\n education. Barring that, we may have to begin teaching our classes
\n in Bio-Hazard containment suits…..<\/em><\/p>\n
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