Feds halt bio-warfare research at Texas A&M : Lone Star Times

Feds halt bio-warfare research at Texas A&M

by Matt Bramanti · 07/02/2007 1:13 pm

Did you hear the one about the Aggie biological weapons laboratory?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has suspended Texas A&M University’s federal research on some infectious diseases after two cases in which the school failed to report researchers’ exposure to bioweapons agents.

In a memo sent Saturday, the CDC questioned whether Texas A&M meets safety standards and has an appropriate security plan. It also said federal officials will visit the campus this month to review records and interview key researchers.

Three researchers tested positive for exposure to the weapons agent Q fever in April 2006, two months after another researcher fell ill from contact with the another agent, Brucella, according to documents obtained by an Austin-based bioweapons watchdog group.

University officials waited one year to report the Brucella case to the Centers for Disease Control. The Q fever case still has not been reported. Federal law requires quick reporting of incidents.

Yikes. Get it together, Aggies!

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10 Responses to “Feds halt bio-warfare research at Texas A&M”

tedtam on July 2nd, 2007 at 1:36 pm

Aggies. Bioweapons.

Two words that should never be used in the same sentence.
Fasternu 426 on July 2nd, 2007 at 1:59 pm

Here’s the deadliest thing they came up with:
http://www.elmonterey.com/images/recipe-101-bean-burrito-pile-up-sm.jpg
headshaker on July 2nd, 2007 at 2:26 pm

Question: How many Aggies does it take to wipe out the planet?

Answer: 1
No Higher Tax on July 2nd, 2007 at 2:47 pm

They do so much for the government there you would be amazed. The jaws that recovered the russian nuclear submarine off the coast of Hawaii was developed at the ME department. Why do you think they have a fully operational Nuclear reactor and a wind tunnel. My brother-in-law has brucella due to being a butcher and he ain’t dead - of course he gets very sick every now and then.

You want something to worry about worry about the dingue fever the illegals are bring up from SA - 3rd time and you are pushing up daisies and transported by mosquitoes with no cure or vaccine.
Brucella they can treat.

For germ and chemical warfare to work effectivly you need humid mild temperatures with low wind velocity. Besides if the wind is high it will wind up back in your face and not your enemy’s.
RickG on July 2nd, 2007 at 3:07 pm

I guess money will do strange things even to researchers. This story it casts A&M in a very bad light. Sadly, words like “cover up” come to mind.
american woman on July 2nd, 2007 at 3:18 pm

It makes me nervous that the incident was reported a year later and the last one, not reported. Biologicals should have respect. If A&M cannot handle these things properly, they shouldnt be allowed to have them… period.
Rastus on July 2nd, 2007 at 3:21 pm

I remember the good old days when Texas A & M was a fine school, steeped in tradition, and swearing by personal values such as honesty, integrity, love of fellow man, etc. Now it’s become just another liberal bastion of higher BS. For shame.
raiderdav on July 2nd, 2007 at 4:17 pm

Hey Matt - fyi, the link has hthttp:// so it is dead.
Jeremy 'Panda Man' Weidenhof on July 2nd, 2007 at 4:58 pm

#8
Fixed.
Matt Bramanti on July 3rd, 2007 at 9:00 am

Thanks for the heads-up, Raider.