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  • Safe America Foundation to test social distancing as flu response

    Effort coordinated with French government, American health authorities; employees of Fortune 100 firms to avoid each other at work, will be monitored by hidden cameras

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  • Escape of genetically modified grass and rice upsets industry

    Lax regulatory enforcement cited as major problem; USDA often unware of testing programs and location

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  • Georgia congressmen press House about agroterrorism

    State a leader in biodefense; first state to create a “national curriculum” on agrosecurity

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  • Fisher Scientific, trying to merge with Thermo Electron, will sell off product line to satisfy anti-trust concerns

    A request for information from the FTC prompts company to consider selling Genevac, a $17 million solvent evaporation and concentration equipment manufacturer

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  • New York and San Francisco use fish to monitor drinking water

    In airports German Shepherds are used to protect civilians from contaminants, bomb making materials, narcotics, etc.; In two cities, however, fish are doing the detecting by monitoring drinking water

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  • Luminex applies medical know-how to war against bioterrorism

    Texas company using technology it developed for drug companies and clinical research labs as a basis for developing a trigger sensor which would alert of a bioterror attack

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  • Viriginia wildelife organization to develop bioterror surveillance system

    Animals in the wild are susceptible to some of the very pathogens which terrorists would use in a bioterror attack; one way, therefore, to detect the onset of such an attack would be to keep a close eye on wildlife for any suspicious occurances

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  • TVI announces selection as decontamination system provider for DoD

    The contract under the Defense Guardian Installation Protection Program is worth $490,000; company will deploy proprietary fabric shelter structures

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  • Sceptor Industries reports excellent results from recent tests of its OMNI 3000 portable air sampler

    The Kansas City, Missouri company reports that it achieved collection efficiences as high as 91.8% and managed to process 277 liters of air per minute

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  • United States is still vulnerable to bioterror, but is moving in the right direction

    Experts agree technology has come a long way; some still, however, believe we are not safe from bioterrorism as new threats continue to arise – one being synthetic bioterror agents

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  • U.S. BioDefense gains total control of EDS

    U.S. BioDefense expands its services by gaining 100 percent control of EDS; the acquisition works well for EDS as well as the emergency preparedness and disaster recovery industry is expected to spend billions in 2007

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  • Nanowire “barcode” system to facilitate detection of bioterrorism agents in the field

    Nanotechnolgy has already made many contributions to homeland security, and here is an intriguing one: Researchers in several California research centers join to demonstrate how nanowire barcodes can help in detecting bioterror agents – and epidemic carriers

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  • EU to support extended use of RFID in food and drink sector

    EU supports research into RFID technology to make it more economical to track food and beverage from field to store shelves and tables

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  • Biodefense lab goes public

    Cleveland biotechnology lab goes public on Nasdaq

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  • Scientists: Copper is safer than stainless steel in food processing

    According to several scientists the use of copper in food processing may help prevent cross contamination of E.coli

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The long view

  • What We’ve Learned from Survivors of the Atomic Bombs

    Q&A with Dr. Preetha Rajaraman, New Vice Chair for the Radiation Effects Research Foundation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.

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  • Combatting the Measles Threat Means Examining the Reasons for Declining Vaccination Rates

    Measles was supposedly eradicated in Canada more than a quarter century ago. But today, measles is surging. The cause of this resurgence is declining vaccination rates.

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