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• catalog abstract "Nestled near the Hamptons, the fashionable summer playground of America's rich and famous, and in the shadow of New York City, lies an unimposing 840-acre island unidentified on most maps. On the few on which it can be found, Plum Island is marked red or yellow, and stamped U.S. government-restricted or dangerous animal diseases. Though many people live the good life within a scant mile or two from its shores, few know the name of this pork chop-shaped island. Even fewer can say whether it is inhabited, or why it doesn't exist on the map. That's all about to change. Lab 257: The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Plum Island Germ Laboratory blows the lid off the stunning true nature and checkered history of Plum Island. It shows that the seemingly bucolic island on the edge of the largest population center in the United States is a ticking biological time bomb that none of us can safely ignore. Based on innumerable declassified government documents, scores of in-depth interviews, and access to Plum Island itself, this is an eye-opening, suspenseful account of a federal government germ laboratory gone terribly wrong. For the first time, Lab 257 takes you deep inside this secret world and presents startling revelations including virus outbreaks, biological meltdowns, infected workers who were denied assistance in diagnosis by Plum Island brass, the periodic flushing of contaminated raw sewage into area waters, and the insidious connections between Plum Island, Lyme disease, and the deadly 1999 West Nile virus outbreak. An exploration of the complex world of microbiology, viruses, and bacteria, Lab 257 also shows how the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which ran Plum Island for the last half century, is far more than wholesome grade-A eggs and the food pyramid. The book probes what's in store for Plum Island's new owner, the Department of Homeland Security, in this age of bioterrorism. And for those interested in questions of national security and safety, it is a call to action for those concerned with protecting present and future generations from preventable biological catastrophes. Lab 257 will change forever our current understanding of Plum Island-a place that is, in the words of one insider, "a biological Three Mile Island."".
• catalog alternative "Disturbing story of the government's secret and deadly virus research facility".
• catalog alternative "Lab two fifty-seven".
• catalog contributor b13124974.
• catalog created "c2004.".
• catalog date "2004".
• catalog date "c2004.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
• catalog description "Based on innumerable declassified government documents, scores of in-depth interviews, and access to Plum Island itself, this is an eye-opening, suspenseful account of a federal government germ laboratory gone terribly wrong. For the first time, Lab 257 takes you deep inside this secret world and presents startling revelations including virus outbreaks, biological meltdowns, infected workers who were denied assistance in diagnosis by Plum Island brass, the periodic flushing of contaminated raw sewage into area waters, and the insidious connections between Plum Island, Lyme disease, and the deadly 1999 West Nile virus outbreak. An exploration of the complex world of microbiology, viruses, and bacteria, Lab 257 also shows how the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which ran Plum Island for the last half century, is far more than wholesome grade-A eggs and the food pyramid. ".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-286).".
• catalog description "Nestled near the Hamptons, the fashionable summer playground of America's rich and famous, and in the shadow of New York City, lies an unimposing 840-acre island unidentified on most maps. On the few on which it can be found, Plum Island is marked red or yellow, and stamped U.S. government-restricted or dangerous animal diseases. Though many people live the good life within a scant mile or two from its shores, few know the name of this pork chop-shaped island. Even fewer can say whether it is inhabited, or why it doesn't exist on the map. That's all about to change. Lab 257: The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Plum Island Germ Laboratory blows the lid off the stunning true nature and checkered history of Plum Island. It shows that the seemingly bucolic island on the edge of the largest population center in the United States is a ticking biological time bomb that none of us can safely ignore. ".
• catalog description "The book probes what's in store for Plum Island's new owner, the Department of Homeland Security, in this age of bioterrorism. And for those interested in questions of national security and safety, it is a call to action for those concerned with protecting present and future generations from preventable biological catastrophes. Lab 257 will change forever our current understanding of Plum Island-a place that is, in the words of one insider, "a biological Three Mile Island."".
• catalog description "pt. 1. Outbreaks -- 1. 1975: The Lyme Connection -- 2. 1999: East End Meets West Nile -- 3. 1967: The Demise of the Ducks -- pt. 2. The Safest Lab in the World -- 4. Genesis -- 5. The Age of Science -- 6. Symptoms -- 7. "The Disastrous Incident" -- 8. Rift Valley Fever -- 9. Crossing the Rubicon -- pt. 3. The Decline -- 10. The Kingdom and the Glory -- 11. Boomerang -- 12. Meltdown -- 13. The Aftermath -- pt. 4. The Future -- 14. The Homeland -- 15. A Plum Island Prescription.".
• catalog extent "xxi, 289 p., [16] p. of plates :".
• catalog identifier "0060011416".
• catalog issued "2004".
• catalog issued "c2004.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : William Morrow,".
• catalog spatial "New York (State) Plum Island".
• catalog spatial "New York".
• catalog spatial "New York.".
• catalog subject "2004 C-690".
• catalog subject "614.5/8/0973 22".
• catalog subject "Animal Diseases virology New York.".
• catalog subject "Animals Diseases Research New York (State) Plum Island History.".
• catalog subject "Animals as carriers of disease Research New York (State) Plum Island History.".
• catalog subject "Biomedical Research New York History.".
• catalog subject "Bioterrorism prevention & control New York.".
• catalog subject "Laboratories New York (State) Plum Island History.".
• catalog subject "Laboratories New York History.".
• catalog subject "Laboratories organization & administration New York.".
• catalog subject "Plum Island Animal Disease Center (U.S.)".
• catalog subject "Plum Island Animal Disease Laboratory History.".
• catalog subject "QR359.5.U6 C37 2004".
• catalog subject "Security Measures organization & administration New York.".
• catalog subject "Virology Research New York (State) Plum Island History.".
• catalog subject "W 24 C319L 2004".
• catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1. Outbreaks -- 1. 1975: The Lyme Connection -- 2. 1999: East End Meets West Nile -- 3. 1967: The Demise of the Ducks -- pt. 2. The Safest Lab in the World -- 4. Genesis -- 5. The Age of Science -- 6. Symptoms -- 7. "The Disastrous Incident" -- 8. Rift Valley Fever -- 9. Crossing the Rubicon -- pt. 3. The Decline -- 10. The Kingdom and the Glory -- 11. Boomerang -- 12. Meltdown -- 13. The Aftermath -- pt. 4. The Future -- 14. The Homeland -- 15. A Plum Island Prescription.".
• catalog title "Disturbing story of the government's secret and deadly virus research facility".
• catalog title "Lab 257 : the disturbing story of the government's secret Plum Island germ laboratory / Michael Christopher Carroll.".
• catalog title "Lab two fifty-seven".
• catalog type "text".