Plum Island: Sens. Gillibrand and Schumer reintroduce legislation to prevent sale
New York Senators, Kirsten Gillibrand, Charles E. Schumer and Connecticut Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy announced the reintroduction of the Plum Island Conservation Act, legislation that would More...
Plum Island: Sen Chuck Schumer wants to ensure it is protected and preserved after animal lab moves
U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer has announced legislation that would help ensure Plum Island is protected and preserved. Specifically, the legislation provides the General Services Administration (GSA) with the More...
USDA to investigate CDC anthrax breach as number exposed rises, not the first ‘laboratory accident’
In a follow-up to the Thursday story of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) staffers potentially exposed to the dangerous bacterium, Bacillus anthracis, the federal health agency will cede the investigation More...
Obama FY 2015 budget: $300 million for National Bio- and Agro- Defense Facility (NBAF)
President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2015 budget was released today and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would get $60.9 billion in total budget authority. $49.0 billion in gross discretionary funding, More...
Donald Trump considers buying Plum Island
With the building of the the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) in Manhattan, Kansas to replace the aging and outdated, six-decade old Plum Island Animal Disease Center in Suffolk County, New York, the More...
Discovery Channel to air ‘America’s Most Secret: Structures’ featuring Plum Island…I think
Public domain photo/Keith Weller Back in July, a promo video was published for the Plum Island special on Discovery’s program “America’s Most Secret: Structures”, and many of our readers More...
A scaled-back ‘Plum Island’ Kansas lab would meet U.S. needs according to NRC report
Public domain photo/Keith Weller A government-backed committee of the National Research Council issued a report Friday saying the United States would have adequate biosecurity protections even if plans for a proposed More...
Plum Island to be featured on Discovery’s “America’s Most Secret: Structures”
Need a dose of conspiracy? What lies beyond the shores of the small island near Long Island, NY? What’s with all the secrecy? The Discovery Channel will take a closer look at the home of the notorious home More...
Transplanting Plum Island to Kansas: is the country’s food supply at risk?
The controversial animal disease research laboratory, Plum Island Animal Disease Center, located on the relatively remote island off the tip of Long Island will be moving to the heartland of America, Manhattan, More...