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Auditors say pathogen tracking fraught with problems

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, December 29th, 2002

Enforcement of a federal law meant to track the movement of dangerous pathogens among U.S. laboratories is fraught with problems, posing an "urgent and potentially serious public health threat," congressional auditors said in a letter.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, charged with enforcing the law, said it is already working to fix the problems.

The General Accounting Office investigation was prompted by last fall's anthrax attacks, when it became clear no one knew how many U.S. labs had the microbe sent through the mail. That made it harder to pinpoint the source of the anthrax and the person who mailed it.

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Source: Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA (2002-12-29)

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