Residents Voice Anger, Concerns Over BU Biolab
South End Patch 4/20/12 A sizable crowd turned out to oppose the plans to begin Level 4 operations at the South End facility. By Andrew Jeromski Upwards of 100 concerned citizens turned out Thursday night for a public hearing at Roxbury Community College to voice their disapproval and anger over a controversial Boston University... More
Opponents of BU biolab voice concerns about safety at hearing
Boston Globe 4/20/12 By Patrick D. Rosso, Town Correspondent, Globe Staff In Video: Opponents of the BU Biolab voice their concerns about lab and its research of Level 3 and Level 4 pathogens. Concerned residents, protesters, and politicians turned out Thursday night to voice their opposition to the Boston University Biolab in the South... More
Residents oppose BU biolab for deadly diseases in South End
Boston Globe 4/20/12 By Amanda Cedrone Globe Correspondent About 100 people gathered Thursday night for a hearing in Roxbury to voice their disapproval of a controversial Boston University science lab. Area residents filled the Roxbury Community College auditorium, where representatives of the National Institutes of Health listened to concerns over the consequences of allowing the... More
Public hearing on BU biolab set for Thursday night
Boston.com 4/19/12 By Patrick D. Rosso, Town Correspondent Residents will have their chance to weigh in on Boston University’s disputed research laboratory and on the recently released draft safety report at a public meeting tonight. The 192,000-square-foot, lab was completed in 2008 and resides on the school's South End medical campus. Residents and environmentalists... More
Hurdles Remain For South End Infectious Disease Lab
WBUR 4/19/12 By Bob Oakes (@bob_oakes) and Lynn Jolicoeur BOSTON — The names of deadly pathogens, such as Ebola, anthrax and plague, are enough to make some Boston residents shudder and say, “Not in my backyard.” And at a National Institutes of Health meeting at Roxbury Community College Thursday night, the public will... More
