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Examining New York's Bioresearch Laboratory

Posted by michael on from the also-a-michael-crichton-novel dept.

Evangelion quotes from a NY Press story about Plum Island: "'Located just two miles off the tip of Long Island and six miles from the Connecticut coastline, Plum Island is home to a Bio-Safety Level 4 (BSL-4) research facility... During the fifth month of [an Engineer's] strike, a three-hour power outage renewed public interest in the island... Without power, the air filtration systems are inoperable. Without power, decontamination procedures break down. Without power, the seals in the pressurized airlock doors start to deflate. According to one report, workers were desperately sealing the doors with duct tape...'"

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  1. Re:What the hell is WRONG with you people? by meadowsp · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And you think we'd see the same response if one of these was found in Iraq?

  2. Rotten.com by brownja · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    once again, rotten.com beats /. to the punch.