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Lab 257 : The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Plum Island Germ Laboratory by Michael C. Carroll (2004, Hardcover)

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Lab 257: The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Plum Island Germ Laboratory

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100060011416

ISBN-139780060011413

eBay Product ID (ePID)5984902

Product Key Features

Number of Pages320 Pages

Publication NameLab 257 : the Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Plum Island Germ Laboratory

LanguageEnglish

SubjectLife Sciences / Virology, Military Science, Veterinary Medicine / General, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Diseases

Publication Year2004

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaTechnology & Engineering, Science, Medical

AuthorMichael C. Carroll

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight20.5 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2003-044279

ReviewsStartling...[Carroll] raises critical questions about the ever-changing balance between science, security and safety...Right on target., "Startling...[Carroll] raises critical questions about the ever-changing balance between science, security and safety...Right on target." -- Popular Science

Dewey Edition22

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal614.5/8/0973

SynopsisNestled near the Hamptons, the fashionable summer playground of America's rich and famous, and in the shadow of New York City, lies an unimposing 840-acre island unidentified on most maps. On the few on which it can be found, Plum Island is marked red or yellow, and stamped U.S. government--restricted or dangerous animal diseases. Though many people live the good life within a scant mile or two from its shores, few know the name of this pork chop-shaped island. Even fewer can say whether it is inhabited, or why it doesn't exist on the map. That's all about to change. Lab 257: The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Plum Island Germ Laboratory blows the lid off the stunning true nature and checkered history of Plum Island. It shows that the seemingly bucolic island on the edge of the largest population center in the United States is a ticking biological time bomb that none of us can safely ignore. Based on innumerable declassified government documents, scores of in-depth interviews, and access to Plum Island itself, this is an eye-opening, suspenseful account of a federal government germ laboratory gone terribly wrong. For the first time, Lab 257 takes you deep inside this secret world and presents startling revelations including virus outbreaks, biological meltdowns, infected workers who were denied assistance in diagnosis by Plum Island brass, the periodic flushing of contaminated raw sewage into area waters, and the insidious connections between Plum Island, Lyme disease, and the deadly 1999 West Nile virus outbreak. An exploration of the complex world of microbiology, viruses, and bacteria, Lab 257 also shows how the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which ran Plum Island for the last half century, is far more than wholesome grade-A eggs and the food pyramid. The book probes what's in store for Plum Island's new owner, the Department of Homeland Security, in this age of bioterrorism. And for those interested in questions of national security and safety, it is a call to action for those concerned with protecting present and future generations from preventable biological catastrophes. Lab 257 will change forever our current understanding of Plum Island -- a place that is, in the words of one insider, "a biological Three Mile Island."

LC Classification NumberQR359.5.U6C37 2004