Lax security eases access to lethal strains
By Beth Daley and Raja Mishra, Globe Staff, 10/13/2001
As federal investigators try to trace apparent anthrax attacks in Florida and New York, they are hampered by a simple, chilling fact: Scores of low-security labs store the deadly bacteria with little oversight.
For decades, anthrax lab samples moved freely among researchers and universities, from Georgia to California and around the world. Hundreds of samples were traded, copied, and mailed on. Authorities kept few tabs on the transactions, and remain unable to account for many.
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