Morning Jolt: Ukraine’s Bio-Lab Security Is Becoming an Issue

On the menu today: Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in. Why does it always come back to biological-research labs? No, Ukraine does not have a secret biological-weapons program — or at least there's no proof of one. A biological-research facility and a biological-weapons-research facility are not the same thing — but even if Ukraine has no biological weapons, that doesn't mean the stuff in the country's various labs can't be dangerous. And the U.S. — and the world — have good reasons to not want a bunch of hungry, young, poorly briefed Russian conscripts traipsing through biological-research labs with samples of who-knows-what in vials and petri dishes in the sample fridges. Meanwhile, the IAEA passes along more ominous reports from Chernobyl.

Back to the Lab Again, in More Ways Than One

From a Ukrainian presentation at a 2011 conference, organized by the U.S. State Department's Biosecurity Engagement ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY March 09 2022 WITH JIM GERAGHTY March 09 2022 Ukraine's Bio-Lab Security Is Becoming an Issue On the menu today: Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in. Why does it always come back to biological-research labs? No, Ukraine does not have a secret biological-weapons program — or at least there's no proof of one. A biological-research facility and a biological-weapons-research facility are not the same thing — but even if Ukraine has no biological weapons, that doesn't mean the stuff in the country's various labs can't be dangerous. And the U.S. — and the world — have good reasons to not want a bunch of hungry, young, poorly briefed Russian conscripts traipsing through biological-research labs with samples of who-knows-what in vials and petri dishes in the sample fridges. Meanwhile, the IAEA passes along more ominous reports from Chernobyl. Back to the Lab Again, in More Ways Than One From a Ukrainian presentation at a 2011 conference, organized by the U.S. State Department's Biosecurity Engagement ...   READ MORE

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