Study finds public health labs unprepared for chemical attack
Emergency Management Alert, June 13, 2003
A public health group found that the U.S. public health system is "woefully unprepared" to deal with a chemical or biological attack, according to Global Security Newswire.
Trust for America's Health released the report June 4 after conducting a state-by-state analysis of public health facilities in which it concluded that laboratories suffered from inadequate staffing, obsolete facilities, and poor communications.
The group called on lawmakers to allocate $200 million annually through fiscal 2006 to upgrade state public health labs and prepare them for a chemical or biological attack. After 2006, Congress should spend $100 million each year, the organization adds.
To read the report, go to "http://healthyamericans.org/newsroom/release060403.pdf"
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