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JLB
October 2nd, 2007, 2:20:10 PM
WASHINGTON - American laboratories handling the world’s deadliest germs and toxins have experienced more than 100 accidents and missing shipments since 2003, and the number is increasing steadily as more labs across the country are approved to do the work.
more:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21096974/
JLB
October 2nd, 2007, 10:10:29 PM
No one died, and regulators said the public was never at risk during these incidents. But the documented cases reflect poorly on procedures and oversight at high-security labs, some of which work with organisms and poisons so dangerous that illnesses they cause have no cure. In some cases, labs have failed to report accidents as required by law.
Gilly
October 3rd, 2007, 9:23:39 AM
read the book "The Hot Zone" great read.
Crinoline
October 3rd, 2007, 11:00:25 AM
Damn it, don't these people watch the SciFi channel? Mishandling of crap is how giant spiders/dinosaurs are created.
JLB
October 6th, 2007, 4:33:08 PM
read the book "The Hot Zone" great read.

That title sounds pretty good!
shiva2999
October 6th, 2007, 4:58:47 PM
http://www.stomptokyo.com/img-m4/blue-monkey-b.jpg
Green Lantern
October 6th, 2007, 9:43:05 PM
Wait 'til someone mishandles this one:

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The H5N1 bird flu virus has mutated to infect people more easily, although it still has not transformed into a pandemic strain, researchers said on Thursday.

The changes are worrying, said Dr. Yoshihiro Kawaoka of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

"We have identified a specific change that could make bird flu grow in the upper respiratory tract of humans," said Kawaoka, who led the study.

"The viruses that are circulating in Africa and Europe are the ones closest to becoming a human virus," Kawaoka said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSN0439354420071005
Green Lantern
October 6th, 2007, 9:45:26 PM
80% fatality rate:

HANOI (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed five human bird flu cases in Vietnam, four of them fatal, the U.N. agency said in a statement.

The four, including two women, died between June 21 and August 3 while a fifth person, a 29-year-old man, had recovered, it said....

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSB57709020070901
JLB
October 7th, 2007, 7:05:35 PM
80% fatality rate:

HANOI (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed five human bird flu cases in Vietnam, four of them fatal, the U.N. agency said in a statement.

The four, including two women, died between June 21 and August 3 while a fifth person, a 29-year-old man, had recovered, it said....

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSB57709020070901

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