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"<p>The Senate Homeland Security &amp; Governmental Affairs Committee has approved legislation designed to enhance security at the nation&#39;s biological research laboratories. The Weapons of Mass Destruction Prevention &amp; Preparedness Act (S. 1649) would require the Department of Homeland Security to identify the most dangerous pathogens and then prepare regulations to strengthen security at the labs that use them. A panel of experts has warned that a terrorist attack using a weapon of mass destruction is likely to occur somewhere in the world by 2013 and that a biological attack is more likely than a nuclear strike (C&amp;EN, Dec. 8, 2008, page 6). &#34;This is an urgently needed bill, and I am pleased the committee has moved it forward,&#34; said Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.), the committee chairman. Scientific organizations have expressed concerns about the bill, saying strict new security measures could be confusing and cumbersome for research labs and could</p>"
<https://cen.acs.org/articles/87/i46/Senate-Panel-Approves-Biosecurity-Measure.html>