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<DIV dir=ltr>This is an urgent request for help to mobilize a large response to
let the National Institute of Health and their Blue Ribbon Panel know that the
Boston Peace Community does not want research done in our city on the most
deadly, rare "exotic" organism's for which there are no known cures.<BR><BR>The
Blue Ribbon Panel and Tetra Tech will be presenting their Draft Supplementary
Risk Assessment for Level 3 and 4 Labs at<BR><BR>
<DIV align=center>ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE<BR>on<BR>APRIL 19,
2012<BR>at<BR>6:30 PM<BR><BR>
<DIV align=left>A large turn-out could have an impact on the final disposition
of the research done in this lab. If we get as many people as we had at the St.
Patrick's Day Peace Parade I think it would impress some of the decision
makers.<BR><BR>Please circulate widely to all your contacts.<BR><BR>Thank
you,<BR>Cornelia Sullivan<BR><BR>Below is more information about this
issue.<BR><BR>Community Hearing on the BU Biolab <BR>April 19, 2012, 6:30 PM,
Roxbury Community College<BR>A public hearing on the third and latest risk
assessment for the NEIDL (the Boston University bioweapons lab) has been
scheduled for Thursday, April 19, 2012, from 6:30-9:30 PM at Roxbury Community
College, Media Arts Building, 1234 Columbus Avenue, Boston, MA 0212.
The closest T stop is Roxbury Crossing.
For almost ten years, the Safety Net (a
Roxbury-based community group) and the Stop the BU Bioterror Lab Coalition have
successfully fought to prevent this dangerous high containment biological
laboratory from being opened in the densely populated Roxbury/South End
neighborhood. High-level containment laboratories do research on pathogens
that can cause severe illness and death. The highest level (BSL-4) labs study
lethal diseases that can be transmitted by air and for which there are no
vaccines or treatments. The lab is located in an Environmental Justice
neighborhood which already faces significant health and environmental
hazards.
Two previous risk assessments have been severely criticized by the
courts and by a National Research Council panel of experts. This
latest 1700-page effort can be viewed at
http://nihblueribbonpanel-bumc-neidl.od.nih.gov/, The National
Institutes of Health have scheduled the April 19th hearing because they are
required to offer community members and other concerned citizens an
opportunity to comment on the risk assessment. <BR>We must make it
clear to BU, NIH, and the political establishment that this lab is not
acceptable to us. It is essential that we turn out in large
numbers. <BR>Please plan to attend!<BR><BR><BR><BR></DIV></DIV>
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