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Infectious Disease Research in and Around New Orleans: At the very least, there are four Level-3 biolabs in New Orleans and a cluster of three in nearby Covington. They have been working with anthrax, mousepox, HIV, plague, etc. There are surely other labs in the city.
Here's an a extremely important angle on the situation in New Orleans. As far as I can tell, no one has yet mentioned the biological research labs located in and around NOLA. For example, in nearby Covington, Tulane University runs the Tulane National Primate Research Center, a cluster of Level-3 biological labs containing around 5,000 monkeys and 400 canines, most of which are housed in outdoor cages. According to an article in Tulane University Magazine, "The primary areas of focus today at the Tulane National Primate Research Center are infectious diseases, including biodefense related work, gene therapy, reproductive biology and neuroscience. The Tulane primate center is playing a key role in the federal strategic plan for biodefense research."
So what happened to these diseased monkeys living outside in cages? My friend indicates all the dogs are missing. Granted, Covington didn't get hit nearly as hard as NOLA, but it still got hit.
According to the Sunshine Project, which digs up grant proposals and other primary documents from the US biowarfare effort, "Tulane scientists are working with anthrax, plague, and other biological weapons agents."
And how much of this kind of research was going on within New Orleans itself? Apparently quite a bit.
-- Louisiana State University’s Medical School has a Level-3 biolab in the Clinical Sciences Research Building located at 533 Bolivar Street. According to grant applications, LSU’s facility was the site of research involving anthrax and genetically-engineered mousepox. And that’s just what we know about.
-- The State of Louisiana has a Level-3 biolab in New Orleans.
-- It seems highly likely that an institution the size of Tulane has biolabs in New Orleans itself, not just Covington.
-- Then there’s the University of New Orleans, Loyola University, Xavier University of Lousiana, and others. I don’t know whether they’ve been engaged in bioresearch or have high-level biolabs, but it’d be worth finding out.
-- And let’s not forget the New Orleans Medical Complex, which contains over 40 blocks of hospitals and biomedical research facilities. According to this website, it’s been severely flooded.
So with all the known and probable Level-3 biolabs in and around New Orleans, what's happened to the infected animals? Are they free and roaming? Are they dead, with their diseased bodies floating in the flood waters? And what about the cultures and vials of the diseases? Are they still secure? Are they being stolen? Were they washed away, now forming part of the toxic soup that coats the city?
And take a look at this. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has a “Select Agents Program” for any facility that handles highly dangerous germs, including Ebola, Marburg, ricin, avian flu, and anthrax. Some of these facilities are in areas that are active in clean-up efforts. To try to get information for locations - or possible threats of exposures, contact the Program via email at lrsat@cdc.gov, phone at 404-498-2255, fax at 404-498-2265. Good luck, the U.S. is in secret mode regarding warfare agents and more so involving keeping secrets secret from the public. It's your health, proceed accordingly.
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I encourage journalists to pursue these worthwhile questions and arborists to be aware of hidden dangers. Some of this stuff is a bit nasty. Today several hundred rescued dogs are landing in Los Angeles (9-12-05) from the Findapet.com program, some of these canines might be lab animals. There is no way to identify the specific animals as collar I.D.'s were the only form of identity and rescuers admit that many of the stranded animals found lacked such features.
I'lll probably get my butt in a jam for this, but someone's gotta relay it.
c.c.'s to other arbo sites. Help it spread.
Here's an a extremely important angle on the situation in New Orleans. As far as I can tell, no one has yet mentioned the biological research labs located in and around NOLA. For example, in nearby Covington, Tulane University runs the Tulane National Primate Research Center, a cluster of Level-3 biological labs containing around 5,000 monkeys and 400 canines, most of which are housed in outdoor cages. According to an article in Tulane University Magazine, "The primary areas of focus today at the Tulane National Primate Research Center are infectious diseases, including biodefense related work, gene therapy, reproductive biology and neuroscience. The Tulane primate center is playing a key role in the federal strategic plan for biodefense research."
So what happened to these diseased monkeys living outside in cages? My friend indicates all the dogs are missing. Granted, Covington didn't get hit nearly as hard as NOLA, but it still got hit.
According to the Sunshine Project, which digs up grant proposals and other primary documents from the US biowarfare effort, "Tulane scientists are working with anthrax, plague, and other biological weapons agents."
And how much of this kind of research was going on within New Orleans itself? Apparently quite a bit.
-- Louisiana State University’s Medical School has a Level-3 biolab in the Clinical Sciences Research Building located at 533 Bolivar Street. According to grant applications, LSU’s facility was the site of research involving anthrax and genetically-engineered mousepox. And that’s just what we know about.
-- The State of Louisiana has a Level-3 biolab in New Orleans.
-- It seems highly likely that an institution the size of Tulane has biolabs in New Orleans itself, not just Covington.
-- Then there’s the University of New Orleans, Loyola University, Xavier University of Lousiana, and others. I don’t know whether they’ve been engaged in bioresearch or have high-level biolabs, but it’d be worth finding out.
-- And let’s not forget the New Orleans Medical Complex, which contains over 40 blocks of hospitals and biomedical research facilities. According to this website, it’s been severely flooded.
So with all the known and probable Level-3 biolabs in and around New Orleans, what's happened to the infected animals? Are they free and roaming? Are they dead, with their diseased bodies floating in the flood waters? And what about the cultures and vials of the diseases? Are they still secure? Are they being stolen? Were they washed away, now forming part of the toxic soup that coats the city?
And take a look at this. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has a “Select Agents Program” for any facility that handles highly dangerous germs, including Ebola, Marburg, ricin, avian flu, and anthrax. Some of these facilities are in areas that are active in clean-up efforts. To try to get information for locations - or possible threats of exposures, contact the Program via email at lrsat@cdc.gov, phone at 404-498-2255, fax at 404-498-2265. Good luck, the U.S. is in secret mode regarding warfare agents and more so involving keeping secrets secret from the public. It's your health, proceed accordingly.
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I encourage journalists to pursue these worthwhile questions and arborists to be aware of hidden dangers. Some of this stuff is a bit nasty. Today several hundred rescued dogs are landing in Los Angeles (9-12-05) from the Findapet.com program, some of these canines might be lab animals. There is no way to identify the specific animals as collar I.D.'s were the only form of identity and rescuers admit that many of the stranded animals found lacked such features.
I'lll probably get my butt in a jam for this, but someone's gotta relay it.
c.c.'s to other arbo sites. Help it spread.
