Read the full article in the Washington Post. VX is not difficult to produce, said Matthew Meselson, a professor of biochemistry at Harvard University and a board member of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. “A good organic chemist could synthesize VX relatively easily,” he said. “You could get the ingredients and make it […]
Senior Science Fellow Dr. Lynn C. Klotz’s letter to the Boston Globe
Letter in response to the article “CDC backs BU lab for deadliest pathogens” (Metro, Dec. 25). THE ARTICLE “CDC backs BU lab for deadliest pathogens” (Metro, Dec. 25) may have left the the impression that most people in the community are not concerned about the safety of the Biosafety Level 4 lab at National Emerging […]
Senior Science Fellow Dr. Lynn C. Klotz Quoted in the Boston Globe
Read the full piece in the Boston Globe. “Basic research, I think, on some of these very dangerous pathogens has to be done. But the center of an urban environment is not the place to do it,” said another biolab opponent, Lynn C. Klotz, a Gloucester resident and senior science fellow at the Washington, D.C.-based […]
USA Today: Gregory Koblentz Quoted on Biosafety of Military Labs
Scientist Working Group on Biological and Chemical Security member Gregory Koblentz, the Director of the Biodefense Graduate Program at George Mason University, was quoted in a USA Today piece about the safety issues on handling deadly pathogens in the Pentagon’s laboratories: “Since there are now concerns about the biosafety practices at multiple DoD labs there […]
Coastal Reporter: Gregory Koblentz Quoted on Inspection Regime for Iran Nuclear Site
Scientist Working Group member Gregory Koblentz, the Director of the Biodefense Graduate Program at George Mason University, was quoted in a Coastal Reporter piece on the inspection procedures in the nuclear agreement with Iran: Gregory Koblentz said there is a precedent for international inspectors to rely on the host nation — just two years ago, the […]