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...WHAT ABOUT A VACCINE? Only one anthrax vaccine exists, made by one company, BioPort, for only one client: the U.S. military. But BioPort stopped producing the vaccine in 1998, when the FDA cited the company for lapses in quality control at its Lansing, Mich., plant. BioPort reapplied for approval last Monday, but in the interim, both the military and NIH have been pushing two newer vaccines into clinical trials, in hope of finding a vaccine with fewer side effects. Public health officials still see no need to inoculate the general public...
...cause severe damage. It's a target-rich environment: not only is the core vulnerable, but one NRC study also concluded that if terrorists blew up the cooling pool that holds the spent fuel, the radiation could kill 6% of the people living within 10 miles of the plant...
...morning last spring, as Dan Whitener was tying down his single-engine plane at the Martin Campbell Airport in the tiny mining town of Copperhill, Tenn., an unfamiliar airplane landed. Two Middle Eastern-looking men climbed out, and the shorter one quizzed Whitener. "So, tell me about this chemical plant I just flew over...
...American Airlines Flight 11 last month and flew it into the World Trade Center's north tower. "He asked a lot of really crazy questions," recalls Whitener. Among them were inquiries about the dam that spans the nearby Hiwassee River, which runs into the Tennessee River between two nuclear plants. He also asked about Boliden Intertrade, a chemical plant that until last year produced sulfur dioxide and sulfuric acid but now stands empty. After 15 minutes, Atta and his partner climbed back in the plane and took off. Whitener later described the bizarre encounter to his friend John Rutkowsky...
...BioPort, the only manufacturer licensed by the FDA to make an anthrax vaccine, has stopped shipments because its facility did not meet FDA standards. BioPort began renovating its plant in 1999 and expects to begin filling orders again by the end of the year. The company's vaccine is available only to military and laboratory personnel and is not 100% effective. It can also have serious side effects. Without a real and present danger of a widespread anthrax attack, health experts believe it would be counterproductive to vaccinate the U.S. population...