Hazardous virus research center to be built in Kansas

The Department of Homeland Security plans to build a high-risk virus research center in Kansas. Across the nation, level-4 bioweapon viral strains are being stored and studied in only level-2 facilities that don't have proper protections. This could lead to an escaping viral bioweapon that could threaten our safety:

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is set to begin construction on a new high-risk bio-weapons research facility on the campus of Kansas State University in Manhattan, though critics say the decision is fraught with risk because of the potential for damage from nearby earthquake fault lines.


According to the department, $54 million has been approved for the construction of the proposed National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility. The new facility will feature research on biolevel 3 and 4 viruses - some without any known cures - and other potentially dangerous materials, though department officials have downplayed any potential threats.

The problem, critics say, is the location and the inherent seismic and weather-related disasters that could befall the facility, wreaking havoc on the surrounding population and beyond - issues the government seems to be downplaying.