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US government sold off old lab equipment at risk of foreign actors intercepting it to develop bioweapons

EXCLUSIVE — Federal agencies sold off used or excess laboratory equipment flagged as high-risk exports that could be used in biological warfare to apparent resellers, according to an undercover investigation conducted by the U.S. Government

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US government sold off old lab equipment at risk of foreign actors intercepting it to develop bioweapons
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EXCLUSIVE — Federal agencies sold off used or excess laboratory equipment flagged as high-risk exports that could be used in biological warfare to apparent resellers, according to an undercover investigation conducted by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

The GAO found that from fiscal 2022 through 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services and the […]

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