Bio risks

http://www.newscientist.com/blog/shortsharpscience/2008/02/sunshine-snuffed-out.html

The national biodefense program has done some good things and some sloppy things. Sloppy procedures put people living near the biodefense labs at risk, sometimes very serious risk.

The organization, the Sunshine Project, which protected the rest of us from these risks has now run out of money and will no longer protect us.

The Project only needed $53,000 a year to keep going but did not get it.

Surprises

One thing that continues to surprise me is the number of workers at LANL and LLNL who think that quick emails to legislators will have a measurable effect on national nuclear policy.

Quick emails have never changed policy before. Why would they change it now?

Anonymous bickering in comments, that I understand.

If you stay anonymous, you can't be held responsible or accountable to actions that don't work. And, you can blame whomever you please. So, anonymous bickering is a double win.