An edition of Germs gone wild
(2010)
Germs gone wild
how the unchecked development of domestic biodefense threatens America
1st Pegasus books cloth ed.
by Kenneth King
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Examines the public threat posed by the expansion of the United States biodefense research labs since September 11, 2001, describing controversies and accidents surrounding laboratories across the nation, the precautions in place to protect the public from deadly outbreaks of smallpox, Ebola, and influenza, and how safety standards could be improved.
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Biological laboratories, Safety measures, Bioterrorism, Biological weapons, Biological warfare, Health aspects, Prevention, Communicable diseases, Communicable Disease Control, Prevention & control, Nuclear nonproliferation, United states, department of homeland security, Environmental aspectsPlaces
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Germs Gone Wild: How the Unchecked Development of Domestic Bio-Defense Threatens America
2011, Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
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Germs gone wild: how the unchecked development of domestic biodefense threatens America
2010, Pegasus Books, Distributed by W.W. Norton
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Table of Contents
A biodefense juggernaut
Breaches of containment : the juggernaut sputters in the passing lane
The "silent proliferation" of high-containment germ labs : Congress takes a look
Growing up in a rough neighborhood : the troubling antecedents of U.S. Biodefense Research
Tales of anthrax : your biodefense dollars at work
Culture of denial : accidents in the world of high-tech germ research
Culture of recklessness : building the Frankenstein germs
Follow the money : biodefense as academic-military-industrial complex
Ain't no sunshine when it's gone : a watchdog leaves the circus
Regulation, not : the wild, wild west of germland
Something in the air : Dugway, Utah
The gangs are all here : the Fort Detrick expansion
Educating the educated : the brouhaha in Boston
Galveston : trust us, part two
You can't make a vaccine for everything : some ways forward
A final postscript : just trust us
Epilogue. Late-breaking news from germland and the war on terror : gifts and givers that keep on giving.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-499) and index.
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