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WASHINGTON — A U.S. House panel has uncovered more safety problems at the CDC ahead of a on the agency’s response to a in which 84 scientists and staff were exposed to anthrax.
Though no one got sick, the scare at an Atlanta facility of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has led to several investigations of the CDC’s safety practices.
The latest findings, in which U.S. Rep. , D-Colo. contributed, identified widespread safety lapses at CDC laboratories. Here’s the crux of the trouble, according to a memo released today:
“Many of these safety problems were paperwork violations, such as the failure to provide appropriate documentation of staff training or missing signatures on biosafety plans . Others involved potentially more significant problems, such as a malfunctioning exhaust systems on biosafety cabinets.”
