Quotes About Biosecurity

Americans in all places and levels of government have begun to consider the areas where we need to prepare ourselves from future threats, including the latest weapon: bio-terror.

We must be careful, though, that we don't confuse the issue by contaminating the planet with life from Earth. Similarly, we must be very careful not to bring back any Martian life. We would have no resistance to it, and it might wipe out life on Earth.

Nobody spends any money on smallpox unless they worry about a bio-terrorist recreating it.

There is no bird flu in commercial stocks.

The commercial poultry industry boasts of "biosecurity," described as the industry's "buzzword du jour,"2207 arguing that keeping birds confined indoors year-round protects them from exposure to wild birds and any diseases they might be carrying.2208 The U.S. National Pork Board defends large-scale pig confinement using the same rationale.