Organic Consumers Association
MERYL NASS JUL 27, 2023 READ
People are worried about the biolabs in their backyards.
From Boston, Massachusetts, to Manhattan, Kansas, to Berkeley, California, activists have tried to stop risky gain-of-function research to weaponize potential pandemic pathogens.
Now, states and localities are starting to take action.
Florida has banned enhanced potential pandemic pathogen research and San Carlos, California, has banned higher-risk biolabs. A bill in Texas to restrict research on potentially pandemic pathogens passed out of committee, but didn’t get a floor vote.