Bioagent control faulted :The Scientist [29/11/2002]

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by Peg Brickley

Bioagent control faulted

Email: Peg Brickley - pegbrickley@hotmail.com
News from The Scientist 2002, 3(1):20021129-04 doi:10.1186/20021129-04

29 November 2002

Federal auditors spotted "significant management weaknesses" in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) system for regulating potential bioweapons, according to a letter sent just weeks before a new, expanded list of these dangerous agents is due to be released. The US General Accounting Office (GAO) found holes in CDC's methodology for registering laboratories that ship dangerous organisms and toxins, gaps significant enough to let the substances slip into the hands of terrorists.


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