U.S. high-security labs lack standards, strategy: study

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U.S. high-security labs lack standards, strategy: study

By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The high-security laboratories that study such deadly diseases as anthrax and plague lack national standards and strategy, putting the country at risk, a congressional watchdog reported on Monday. The United States has made no overall assessment of its need for the labs, including research priorities, and the number of labs is unknown, said the report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the investigative arm of Congress. ...

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