Washington, DC — A microbiologist who charges that biosafety failures in U.S. Geological Survey wildlife disease laboratories are endangering the public, as well as compromising both research results and subjects has been removed from federal service after a more than year-long battle. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) today filed an appeal to her dismissal and is leading a coalition seeking independent accreditation of USGS labs to prevent future releases of viruses and other pathogens.
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