Farm groups clash over moving foot-and-mouth research
Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 15:14
in Earth & Climate
(AP) -- One of the nation's oldest farm groups said Thursday a proposed foot-and-mouth disease research laboratory on the U.S. mainland, near livestock, could be an inviting target for terrorists. Commercial livestock representatives and the Bush administration insisted it would be safe to move an island lab to sites near animals.