Scientists Working Group member Greg Koblentz was quoted in Roll Call about potential cuts to the Biological Threat Reductions Program budget. Gregory Koblentz, an associate professor at George Mason University and director of the Biodefense Graduate Program at the university’s Schar School of Policy and Government, said the Pentagon’s biological threats program increases America’s warning […]
MU lab plans COVID-19 research
Lynn Klotz, a senior science fellow and member of the Scientists’ Working Group and Chemical and Biological Weapons, spoke with the Columbia Daily Tribune about biocontainment labs. Lynn Klotz, senior science fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, has written and researched extensively about the biocontainment labs. A February 2019 piece in “Bulletin […]
Chinese lab conducted extensive research on deadly bat viruses, but there is no evidence of accidental release
Senior Science Fellow Lynn Klotz was quoted in The Washington Post. “Even if a lab is mechanically safe, you can’t rule out human error,” said Lynn Klotz, a senior science fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, a Washington nonprofit group, and author of a comprehensive study of lab mishaps. “Accidents happen, and more […]
Did this virus come from a lab? Maybe not — but it exposes the threat of a biowarfare arms race
Lynn Klotz, member of the Center’s Scientists Working Group on Chemical and Biological Threats, authored a study that was recently mentioned in Salon. Just last year, Lynn Klotz of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation wrote a paper in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists entitled “Human Error in High-biocontainment Labs: A Likely Pandemic Threat.” Wrote Klotz: […]
Syria is responsible for three chemical weapons attacks in 2017, investigation says
Greg Koblentz, member of the Scientists Working Group on Chemical and Biological Security, spoke with Chemical and Engineering News about an investigation saying Syria is responsible for the 2017 chemical weapons attacks. “IIT used several methods to determine that the sarin used in Ltamenah had been produced by the Syrian government,” agrees Gregory D. Koblentz, […]
