NBAF in the news
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Last Updated: Sep 25th, 2008 - 11:00:01 |
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UGA sees NBAF as hub for research
Online Athens, September 23, 2008
Scientists in different fields and even different institutions working together is a fairly new trend in the academic world. And UGA researchers hope that, if the U.S. Department of Homeland Security builds a new high-security animal disease laboratory in Athens, they'll have more opportunities for joint projects. [View Article]
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The National Bio and Agro-Defense lab offers more pros than cons for Athens
Red & Black, August 27, 2008
The National Bio and Agro-Defense lab offers more pros than cons for Athens. [View Article]
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Plum Island-experienced professor advocates NBAF
Red & Black, August 26, 2008
Though many members of the University and Athens community have spoken out in support or opposition of the National Bio and Agro-Defense facility, few know what it's like to work in such a facility. Daniel Mead, an associate research scientist in the College of Veterinary Medicine, does. [View Article]
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N.C. push for biolab called off
Online Athens, August 20, 2008
North Carolina officials have stopped trying to convince residents that a proposed federal research lab will be safe, all but taking the state out of the running for the facility. [View Article]
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Opinion: Facility would benefit Athens
Red & Black, August 20, 2008
Though many students may be uninformed about the NBAF, deliberately trying to mislead other students into opposing the NBAF through scare tactics and falsehoods is downright embarrassing. [View Article]
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Number of NBAF supporters, opponents still unclear
Online Athens, August 17, 2008
Federal officials depend almost entirely on public hearings like two on Thursday in Athens to gauge support for a proposed animal disease research laboratory.
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Thompson: NBAF siting now a waiting game
Online Athens, August 17, 2008
It's arguable whether opponents' sometimes over-the-top rhetoric (dubbing the NBAF a "Bio Terror Lab," for example) or their hooting at, and attempted shouting down, of the lab's proponents during public hearings, hurt them or not.
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Cost of planned biolab increases $200 million
Atlanta Journal Constitution, August 15, 2008
The higher price tag has been attributed to site-specific costs not included in the original 2006 Congress authorization, as well as general inflation in the cost of construction. [View Article]
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UGA makes case for lab
Atlanta Journal Constitution, August 14, 2008
Last bid today in six-site competition to win facility called CDC's animal equivalent.
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Some oppose biolab in Athens; others argue need
Atlanta Journal Constitution, August 14, 2008
A polite crowd of about 200 people filled a University of Georgia auditorium Thursday to register support and opposition to a proposed animal research facility under consideration at UGA and sites in five other states. [View Article]
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Editorial: Local leaders must be heard at NBAF forums
Online Athens, August 13, 2008
There are a host of elected officials and other community leaders who, if they haven't done so already, need to clear some significant time on their Thursday schedules to attend the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's public meetings on the siting, construction and operation of the planned National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility. [View Article]
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NBAF salaries at top end of local scale
Online Athens, August 13, 2008
All but one job at a proposed federal animal disease laboratory will pay a higher salary than most Athens families earn, according to newly released federal documents.
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NBAF hearing in Athens the last
Online Athens, August 10, 2008
Federal officials are barnstorming the country staging daylong hearings on a proposed federal disease research lab, and locals are reacting with everything from dignitary-laden pep rallies to rowdy protests. Athens residents soon will get their last chance to weigh in.
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Forum: NBAF risks, if any, small, manageable with training, technology
Online Athens, July 15, 2008
A Sunday opinion piece by local resident Matt DeGennaro, headlined "NBAF isn't best idea for development,"
suggests safety is not of utmost importance when siting and building
new laboratories like the proposed National Bio- and Agro-defense
Facility for studies of pathogenic organisms. This statement flies in
the face of the deliberate, lengthy and cautious evaluation and
commissioning that labs like the University of Georgia Animal Health
Research Center invariably undergo. [View Article]
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How safe is 'safe enough' for NBAF?
Online Athens, July 6, 2008
While there practically is no chance viruses could escape from a
massive proposed federal biological research laboratory if it's built
on the mainland United States, the lab would be even safer on an island. [View Article]
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Locals Assess Bio-Lab Impact Statement
Flagpole, July 2, 2008
Call it a community-wide summer reading project: the
thousand-page Draft Environmental Impact Statement (or DEIS) that the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently released on the proposed National
Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, or NBAF. [View Article]
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Thompson: Biotech still an achievable dream
Online Athens, June 29, 2008
The answer to your question is, "No, I haven't, except for a bit of skimming."
But that's OK, because most of the rest of you probably haven't done much more than "skimming" yourself. [View Article]
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Nelson: Report's data might assist with decision
Online Athens, June 29, 2008
The U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security has scheduled the next public meeting
addressing the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility proposed for University of
Georgia property on Athens for Aug. 14 at the Georgia Center, 1197 S. Lumpkin
St. [View Article]
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Government study says NBAF safe
Red and Black, June 22, 2008
The Department of Homeland Security sent out a report stating the
chances of a disease outbreak coming from the proposed National Bio-
and Agro-Defense Facility are quite low, as safety precautions would
make the building impenetrable. [View Article]
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Risk from biolab nil, feds claim
Online Athens, June 21, 2008
Chances of a disease outbreak at a proposed federal bioresearch
laboratory are slim to none, according to a government report released
Friday - but if one did happen, the consequences would be devastating. [View Article]
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Senator 'amazed' by NBAF support
Online Athens, June 3, 2008
Sen. Saxby Chambliss said Monday he's pleased with the support he saw
over the weekend for a proposal to relocate the National Bio- and
Agro-Defense Facility in Athens. [View Article]
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Cattlemen's Capitol Concerns: Farm Bill, Bio & Agro Defense Facility, S. Korea
CattleNetwork, May 23, 2008
President Bush followed through on his threat to veto the Farm Bill (H.R. 2419), saying, “At a time of high food prices and record farm income, this bill lacks program reform and fiscal discipline.”
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Dangers of mainland disease lab debated at hearing
Associated Press, May 22, 2008
One of the nation's oldest farm groups said Thursday a proposed
foot-and-mouth disease research laboratory on the U.S. mainland, near
livestock, could be an inviting target for terrorists. Commercial
livestock representatives and the Bush administration insisted it would
be safe to move an island lab to sites near animals. [View Article]
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Foot-and-mouth plan used flawed study
Associated Press, May 22, 2008
The Bush administration has no evidence to support its contention that
it would be safe to move research on highly infectious foot-and-mouth
disease to the U.S. mainland near livestock, congressional
investigators said Thursday. [View Article]
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Farm bill clears way for NBAF move
Online Athens, May 20, 2008
A clause in the national farm bill would allow the U.S. government to
study an incurable animal disease on the mainland, paving the way for a
proposed federal research lab that may come to Athens. [View Article]
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Isakson, Chambliss on the farm bill: There could be a agro-terror facility in it for Georgia
Atlanta Journal Constitution, March 15, 2008
Hours after they cast their votes for the farm bill, U.S. Sens. Johnny
Isakson and Saxby Chambliss began making their case for it. [View Article]
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A New Age on Ag Hill
Georgia Trend, May 2008
A reinvented College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, an established
vet college and the world’s first stand-alone ecology school show a university
redefining itself for the 21st century. Those resources, together with a
collaborative spirit and the university’s focus on growing its biomedical and
health science programs, have established UGA as both a frontrunner for the $450
million National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) being planned by the
Department of Homeland Security, and as the site for Georgia’s next medical
school. [View Article]
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UGA students learn to protect U.S. food supply
Georgia FACES, April 29, 2008
Dead pigeons don’t usually attract much attention. But a few hundred of
them infected with avian influenza and mysteriously found in several
U.S. cities would cause, at the least, a media storm. [View Article]
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City Dope
Flafpole, April 23, 2008
Sweetening the Pot: As the publisher noted in last week’s issue, stories about NBAF and related topics continue to drift in from all over the Internet, but the biggest news last week came with the Banner-Herald’s report that the Georgia bio-lab recruiting team had pitched in another $20 million
or more in additional incentives, including infrastructure from Georgia
Power in Athens-Clarke County (the latter would be pending approval by
ACC Commissioners). [View Article]
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Op-Ed: Animal Disease Research Will Be Safely Accomplished in the Heartland
Sun Herald, April 16, 2008
The following Op-Ed was prepared by Ron Trewyn, Kansas State vice president for research:
With a project of the magnitude of the $451 million National Bio and Agro-defense Facility, or NBAF, there are bound to be questions about what impact it will have on the community and region, including, "How safe is it to study animal diseases in a location near people and animals?"
The answer is, thanks to modern research methods and facilities, this research is extremely safe -- and urgently needed. [View Article]
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