February 28, 2006
BioSecurity & BioDefense Organizations Resource
The Federation of American Scientists has created an internet resource for biosecurity policy, bioterrorism information, and biodefense research. The organizations listed here represent various perspectives on what actions individual scientists, research institutions, science journals, the public, and government can do to minimize the threat of bioterrorism while maximizing the benefits of life science research
(With a) interactive map (that) provides the locations of both operational and planned Biosafety Level-4 (BSL-4) laboratories in the United States as well as the National Biocontainment Laboratories (NBLs), the Regional Biocontainment Laboratories (RBLs), and the Regional Centers of Excellence (RCE) for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, established by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
http://fas.org/biosecurity/resource/
~South of the Mason-Dixon line, i.e. Texas, Georgia and Maryland has more than it's share of Biosafety Level-4 (BSL-4) labs. Thank You.
[photo not from FAS]