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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] KSU biosecurity/biosafety issues?
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2015 10:16:12 -0700
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Harry,

I heard rumors of this last year, but did not spend the time to verify.  KSU's response that the errors were administrative or paper-work related does not generate any "warm and fuzzy" feelings.  In a previous career I conducted compliance audits of facilities in California and Georgia that took pride in the fact that their policies and procedures were extremely robust.

Paul

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From: Harry Elston
Sent: Aug 5, 2015 1:26 PM
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Subject: [DCHAS-L] KSU biosecurity/biosafety issues?

Has anyone else heard of this?  I just came across it: From USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/04/secret-sanctions-revealed-against-university-hosting-125-billion-biolab/31075709/)

 

 

Kansas State University - where a controversial $1.25 billion biosecurity lab facility is under construction - secretly faced federal sanctions last year after repeatedly violating safety regulations during its research with bioterror pathogens, records obtained by USA TODAY show.

Kansas State's "history of non-compliance" during four consecutive inspections over two years shows a "systemic problem" and has "raised serious concerns" about the university's ability to put safeguards in place to ensure safety and containment of dangerous pathogens, according to a March 2014 letter to the university from federal lab regulators.

 

Harry

 

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