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Tracking NBAF
9:50 am
Thu February 23, 2012

Opponents Of High-Security Lab In Manhattan Gain Steam

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Credit Laura Ziegler / KCUR
Signs outside the site.
Credit Laura Ziegler / KCUR
Security around the site is tight.
Credit Laura Ziegler / KCUR
Two security posts at each entrance monitor who comes in and out.
Credit Laura Ziegler / KCUR
Site Manager Tim Barr explains the layout of the facility.
Credit Laura Ziegler / KCUR
Some worry that the site's location on the K-State campus will endanger the university's students.
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The proximity of K-State's football stadium was cited as a concern by the National Academies of Science in its 2010 review.
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Opponents of a controversial Kansas lab designed to study and combat biological diseases have recently found new energy, as work on the Department of Homeland Security project stalled.

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Tracking NBAF
3:51 pm
Thu February 16, 2012

Brownback Says Obama Still Committed To NBAF

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Governor Sam Brownback says members of the president's administration continue to support the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, which is slated to be built in Manhattan.

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Tracking NBAF
9:40 am
Tue February 14, 2012

NBAF Supporters, And Opponents, In An Uproar After Obama's Funding Cuts

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The White House budget for 2013 provides no construction funding for a planned livestock disease lab in Kansas and calls for a “comprehensive assessment of the project in 2012” to consider “the cost, safety, and any alternatives to the current plan.”

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Tracking NBAF
12:49 pm
Fri February 3, 2012

Risk Unavoidable, With Or Without NBAF

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The proposed NBAF lab at in Manhattan, Kan., would guard the nation's food supply against diseases like bird flu and Mad Cow disease.
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Kansas political leaders and top officials at Kansas State University are united in support of a plan to bring the nation's premier agricultural disease laboratory to the K-State campus in Manhattan.

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Tracking NBAF
4:58 pm
Fri January 27, 2012

Safety Concerns Aired At NBAF Hearing

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The proposed NBAF lab at in Manhattan, Kan., would guard the nation's food supply against diseases like bird flu and Mad Cow disease.
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The proposed NBAF lab at in Manhattan, Kan., would guard the nation's food supply against diseases like bird flu and Mad Cow disease.
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A committee of the National Research Council visited Kansas State University Friday to get a feel for safety concerns for a giant biosafety lab planned for the Manhattan, Kan., campus.

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3:24 pm
Wed January 25, 2012

Study Outlines Economic Impact Of NBAF Lab

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A new report says NBAF -- the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility -- could create 1300 jobs during the construction phase alone.

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