Biological Warfare Research under Fire

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Biological warfare research under fire

The Department of Defense (DOD) andits growing efforts in biological-warfare research may have hit a snag last week, when the federal agency agreed to submit its collection of biological warfare research programs to far-reaching environmental impact studies. Agreement to conduct the studies, which are expected to take nearly two years to complete, settles a lawsuit brought against the agency last September by an environmental action group based in Washington, D.C.

The Foundation of Economic Trendsclaimed in its suit that the government was violating the National Environmental Policy Act by not assessing the biological warfare …