New Mexico Readies Bioterror Preparedness Network
Health officials in Santa Fe say New Mexico is prepared for bioterror threats with a robust surveillance system and a 1.7 million dollar federal grant this year for biodefense. The state maintains emergency units at the Department of Health, laboratories that test for anthrax plague and tularemia, and a CDC trained bioterrorism expert, with pilot alert programs at UNM Hospital and Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces.
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C. Mack Sewell
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WIPP shipments halted amid security concerns
The U S Energy Department suspended all nuclear waste shipments to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad New Mexico citing security concerns and world events. DOE and WIPP officials noted the pause followed September 11 and aimed to minimize risk with escorted transports and strict driver qualifications.
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Carlsbad
U.S. Energy Department
New Mexico
U.S
Afghanistan
DOE
United States
WIPP
Tom Welch
Dan Balduini
Hancock
Activists claim fire at chimpanzee research site
An animal rights group claims responsibility for a predawn incendiary fire at the White Sands Research Center maintenance building, part of The Coulston Foundation, damaging the structure with no injuries or animals housed there. U S agents say no group has been pinpointed yet.
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Animal Liberation Front
Associated Press
Tony Vargas
U.S Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearm
el Paso
Texas
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