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 have raised concerns about the safety of a lab in the densely populated neighborhood.
The university plans to use 16-percent of the lab for Level 4 work, which includes research and storage of some of the world’s deadliest germs.
The National Institutes of Health will conduct the meeting to gather feedback about it’s 1,756-page Draft Supplementary Risk Assessment, which will help inform residents about the potential risks associated with the lab and the safety precautions taken by the lab.
For a copy of the report, click here.
The public hearing will be held Apr. 19 at Roxbury Community College’s Main Stage from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
For more information about the hearing or the report, click here.
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