Germs gone wild
Subtitle: how the unchecked development of domestic biodefense threatens America
By: Kenneth King
Edition: 1st Pegasus books cloth ed.
Publisher: Pegasus Books; Distributed by W.W. Norton
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 508
ISBN-13: 9781605981000
Subjects: Biological laboratories; Safety measures; Bioterrorism; Biological weapons; Biological warfare; Health aspects; Prevention; Communicable diseases
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-499) and index.
Table of contents: title: A biodefense juggernaut; title: Breaches of containment : the juggernaut sputters in the passing lane; title: The "silent proliferation" of high-containment germ labs : Congress takes a look; title: Growing up in a rough neighborhood : the troubling antecedents of U.S. Biodefense Research; title: Tales of anthrax : your biodefense dollars at work; title: Culture of denial : accidents in the world of high-tech germ research; title: Culture of recklessness : building the Frankenstein germs; title: Follow the money : biodefense as academic-military-industrial complex; title: Ain't no sunshine when it's gone : a watchdog leaves the circus; title: Regulation, not : the wild, wild west of germland; title: Something in the air : Dugway, Utah; title: The gangs are all here : the Fort Detrick expansion; title: Educating the educated : the brouhaha in Boston; title: Galveston : trust us, part two; title: You can't make a vaccine for everything : some ways forward; title: A final postscript : just trust us; title: Epilogue. Late-breaking news from germland and the war on terror : gifts and givers that keep on giving.