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You are here: Home / Biological and Chemical Weapons / Covid Lab Leak Fight Obscures the Global Rise of High-Security Biolabs

March 8, 2023

Covid Lab Leak Fight Obscures the Global Rise of High-Security Biolabs

Greg Koblentz, member of the Center’s Scientists Working Group of Chemical and Biological Threats, spoke with Bloomberg about lab safety in BSL-3 and BSL-4 labs.

“Nobody wants lab accidents,” said Gregory Koblentz, director of George Mason’s biodefense graduate program and a co-leader of the Global Biolabs project. “Unfortunately this issue has become politicized and polarized. That’s because the people with the loudest voices have had the microphone.”

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“All we see is the stuff that gets published,” Koblentz said. “Is it the tip of the iceberg?” Read more

Posted in: Biological and Chemical Weapons

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