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Listing BSL-3 Sites
Surely it is a fool's errand to include a list of BLS-3 labs, given that the start of this section indicates that there are over 1000 in the US alone. Why not make the list of facilities only those with BSL-4 facilities? This would be an actually possible task and would may resolve the factual inaccuracy complaint.
Missing BSL-3 Site
The Biosecurity Research Institute at Kansas State University in Manhattan Kansas has a BSL-3, ABSL-3 (animal BSL-3), BSL-3E (Enhanced BSL-3) and BSL-3Ag facility. It is located next to where the new BSL-4 facility is being built. It is mentioned in the article on the new facility but not listed as having its own BSL-3. This information was gleaned from a job posting on their website. So I assume it is reasonably accurate. DJBostrom (talk) 18:42, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
- Do we actually need the BSL-3 sites at all? The article states that "a total of 1356 CDC/USDA registered BSL-3 facilities were identified throughout the United States", which is clearly too much for a Misplaced Pages list. Also in Europe there are probably thousands of them. The list will be always incomplete. Should we maybe focus on BSL-4 labs instead? There are only something around 30 of these labs worldwide, which would be far easier to deal with. 160.45.25.162 (talk) 15:41, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
- I agree. BSL-4 facilities are significant because of their rarity. A BSL-3 facility is pretty common in comparison. Sperril (talk) 12:59, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
Genetically modified organisms are BSL-2?
Does anyone have a reference for the claim that "Genetically modified organisms have also been classified as level 2 organisms"? Seems like most iGEM projects are being done in BSL-1 labs. Patrikd (talk) 08:24, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
I deleted this statement, since it was clearly incorrect. According to the CDC, the NIH Guidelines are the key reference in assessing risk and establishing an appropriate biosafety level for work involving recombinant DNA molecules: http://oba.od.nih.gov/oba/rac/Guidelines/NIH_Guidelines.htm Patrikd (talk) 21:56, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
Changes to the table.
Due to multiple comments on this talk page, and no opposition noted, I boldly removed all of the BSL-3 sites from the table. I did not check the references. I only removed sites that did not make any claim to BSL-4 level. I also removed a facility from the list that was noted as having never opened. I feel there are too many BSL-3 sites to create any kind of stable list. (Over 1000 in the US alone.) Sperril (talk) 20:11, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
India - Azad Dedicates Asia’s First BIO-Safety Level –IV Laboratory to the Nation
Read here on GoI official post : http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=91227
"Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad dedicated to the Nation the Asia’s First Bio-Safety Level-IV Laboratory established by ICMR with support from Department of Science & Technology at Pune today."
The BSL-IV list is highly inaccurate then it seems.Sarindam7 17:48, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
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