Biological Counterterrorism
Research Laboratories, Selected Agents, and Restricted Persons
Government report
By: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Date: March 18, 2005
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
About the Author: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regulates "the possession, use, and transfer of select agents and toxins that have the potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety. The CDC Select Agent Program oversees these activities and registers all laboratories and other entities in the United States of America that possess, use, or transfer a select agent or toxin." The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Agriculture (USDA) published final rules for the possession, use, and...
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