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Trust for America’s Health (TFAH)

Public Health Laboratories: Unprepared and Overwhelmed
This report addresses the role of public health laboratories, which are designed to respond to terrorism as well as more conventional threats -- from analyzing water contaminants to cancer screening. TFAH finds that these vital facilities have fallen into a state of disrepair. The report also makes a series of assessments on the ability of state public health labs to respond to specific chemical weapon events.

Public Health Laboratories: Unprepared and Overwhelmed (pages: 28)