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    Like New: A book in excellent condition. Cover is shiny and undamaged, and the dust jacket is ...
    ISBN
    9780060011413

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    Product Identifiers

    Publisher
    HarperCollins
    ISBN-10
    0060011416
    ISBN-13
    9780060011413
    eBay Product ID (ePID)
    5984902

    Product Key Features

    Number of Pages
    320 Pages
    Publication Name
    Lab 257 : the Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Plum Island Germ Laboratory
    Language
    English
    Subject
    Life Sciences / Virology, Military Science, Veterinary Medicine / General, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Diseases
    Publication Year
    2004
    Type
    Textbook
    Subject Area
    Technology & Engineering, Science, Medical
    Author
    Michael C. Carroll
    Format
    Hardcover

    Dimensions

    Item Height
    1 in
    Item Weight
    20.5 Oz
    Item Length
    9 in
    Item Width
    6 in

    Additional Product Features

    Intended Audience
    Trade
    LCCN
    2003-044279
    Reviews
    Startling...[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 Edition
    22
    Illustrated
    Yes
    Dewey Decimal
    614.5/8/0973
    Synopsis
    Nestled 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 Number
    QR359.5.U6C37 2004

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      in new condition - great price - can't wait to read it - grew up in Mattituck - Plum Island Novel was one of the best - this will be very interesting
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