Biothreat Lab Will Be Built In Kansas
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Biothreat Lab Will Be Built In Kansas
A $450 million federal bioterrorism lab for which Texas was in the running will be built in Kansas.
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(January 13, 2009)--The Department of Homeland Security has given final approval for a site at Kansas State University for a $450 million federal lab where animal diseases and other potential bioterrorism threats will be researched.

The agency's final record of decision, which was obtained by The Associated Press, confirmed a decision announced in December to build the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility at the Manhattan campus to replace an aging lab at Plum Island, N.Y.

DHS spokeswoman Amy Kudwa says the document hasn't been publicly released and declined to comment further about the decision, but the state's two senators issued statements confirming that DHS Undersecretary Jay Cohen had signed it.

Sites in Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina and Texas were also considered for the new lab.

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Posted by: Someone Location: Near-Here on Jan 14, 2009 at 10:40 AM

And by-the-way, it is being built in the middle of "TORONADO-ALLEY"(Kansas), instead of San Antonio, Texas!!!!!
Posted by: Someone Location: Near-Here on Jan 13, 2009 at 02:00 PM

Stupid State of Texas, and some Cities, couldn't get it together!! Another Major Company gone elsewhere???????
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