Monday, April 27, 2009

Lawsuit May Delay $720 Million Kansas Biodefense Lab Construction

Texas business groups have filed a lawsuit challenging the selection of Kansas State University as the site for construction of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, a high containment lab for researching countermeasures against weaponizable deadly pathogens. The Texas plaintiffs content Kansas Republican Senators Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback exerted undue influence over the site selection process within the Department of Homeland Security. The Texas groups want the $720 million construction project to be built in San Antonio.
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