The biodefense center studies dangerous microbes that could be used to threaten the military or the American public, such as organisms causing Ebola, smallpox, anthrax and plague. The CDC issued a “cease and desist order” in July 2019 to halt the center’s research because it lacked “sufficient systems in place to decontaminate wastewater,” the center said in a statement.
The shutdown will likely last for months, said Caree Vander Linden, a lab spokesperson. There has been no threat to public health, no employee injuries and no leaks of dangerous materials outside the laboratory, she added.
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