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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100060011416
ISBN-139780060011413
eBay Product ID (ePID)5984902
Product Key Features
Number of Pages320 Pages
Publication NameLab 257 : the Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Plum Island Germ Laboratory
LanguageEnglish
SubjectLife Sciences / Virology, Military Science, Veterinary Medicine / General, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Diseases
Publication Year2004
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaTechnology & Engineering, Science, Medical
AuthorMichael C. Carroll
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight20.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-044279
ReviewsStartling...[Carroll] raises critical questions about the ever-changing balance between science, security and safety...Right on target., "Startling...[Carroll] raises critical questions about the ever-changing balance between science, security and safety...Right on target." -- Popular Science
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal614.5/8/0973
SynopsisNestled near the Hamptons, the fashionable summer playground of America's rich and famous, and in the shadow of New York City, lies an unimposing 840-acre island unidentified on most maps. On the few on which it can be found, Plum Island is marked red or yellow, and stamped U.S. government--restricted or dangerous animal diseases. Though many people live the good life within a scant mile or two from its shores, few know the name of this pork chop-shaped island. Even fewer can say whether it is inhabited, or why it doesn't exist on the map. That's all about to change. Lab 257: The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Plum Island Germ Laboratory blows the lid off the stunning true nature and checkered history of Plum Island. It shows that the seemingly bucolic island on the edge of the largest population center in the United States is a ticking biological time bomb that none of us can safely ignore. Based on innumerable declassified government documents, scores of in-depth interviews, and access to Plum Island itself, this is an eye-opening, suspenseful account of a federal government germ laboratory gone terribly wrong. For the first time, Lab 257 takes you deep inside this secret world and presents startling revelations including virus outbreaks, biological meltdowns, infected workers who were denied assistance in diagnosis by Plum Island brass, the periodic flushing of contaminated raw sewage into area waters, and the insidious connections between Plum Island, Lyme disease, and the deadly 1999 West Nile virus outbreak. An exploration of the complex world of microbiology, viruses, and bacteria, Lab 257 also shows how the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which ran Plum Island for the last half century, is far more than wholesome grade-A eggs and the food pyramid. The book probes what's in store for Plum Island's new owner, the Department of Homeland Security, in this age of bioterrorism. And for those interested in questions of national security and safety, it is a call to action for those concerned with protecting present and future generations from preventable biological catastrophes. Lab 257 will change forever our current understanding of Plum Island -- a place that is, in the words of one insider, "a biological Three Mile Island."
LC Classification NumberQR359.5.U6C37 2004
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- 26. Jun. 2018
A must read.
This is a well researched, well written and unfortunately shockingly true expose on what was a secret bio-warfare lab with ties to Yale University and the classified Army bio-warfare lab at Ft. Dietrich, Maryland, lurking just 7 miles off the shores of Connecticut and Long Island, New York. It has had a number of dangerous accidents, poor management, and sinister staffs with sinister agendas, some of whom were World War Two Nazi bio-weapons scientists, whom we brought in under "Project Paperclip" to continue their work for us. This lab brought us among other things Lime Disease and the ever expanding list of diseases the ticks they deliberately infected and set loose among us continue to spin off.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 22. Nov. 2019
Censored Reveiw Of Lab 257
Ebay will not accept my honest, full review of the book, my reasons for reading it, insights learned and comments concerning disease caused by ge ticks so let's see if they'll accept this short review without specific details and enlightening information.. Censorship stinks.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 25. Apr. 2019
Lab 257 - scary
Informative and a little scary.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
