General

Stop the BU Bioterrorism Lab

Monday, 15 November 2004
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Organizer: ACE

Next meeting of the full coalition against the bioterrorism lab:


> Why: Status of campaign, next steps, strategies.
> We need to crank it up!
>
The next step in the federal process is to submit written comments about the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) to the National Institutes of Health by January 3, 2005. We will send out suggested comments by mid-December. We expect the Secretary of Environmental Affairs to issue her decision on Monday about whether BU's Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) is adequate or whether BU must file a supplemental FEIR. You can download a copy of our comments on the report here:

http://www.ace-ej.org/BiolabWeb/Biolabdocs/FEIRcommentsweb.pdf

Here is a letter in Mass. High Tech, saying that the lab does not belong in Boston:
http://www.masshightech.com/displayarticledetail.asp?art_id=65672

Here is a column in Mass. High Tech, saying the unknowns of the lab call for cautious development:http://www.masshightech.com/displayarticledetail.asp?art_id=6567

Plan to engineer smallpox virus causes alarm: http://www.gene-watch.org/programs/biowarfare/smallpox.html

Location:
Grant Manor Community Room, 1860 Washington St., Roxbury (go around the right side of the building and enter the room at the back of the building).

URL: http://www.ace-ej.org/