the Department of Homeland Security took ownership of Plum Island and facilities; the Department of Agriculture continues to work on the island. Plum Isand is very close to Manhattan on the in case you have not ever heard of Plum Island.
As hoof-and-mouth disease in England has been traced to an outbreak from a government and pharmaceutical lab in Pirbright, residents of Long Island are concerned that hoof and mouth disease pathogens as well as those of anthrax are at Plum Island.
Lab 257:The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Germ Laboratory is a book by New York, New York author Michael C. Carroll. The book indicates an insidious connection between Plum Island, the emergence of Lyme disease, and West Nile virus. The book also probes what's in store for Plum Island's new owner, the Department of Homeland Security, in the age of Bioterrorism.
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