Senators: Population
Density, Proximity to International Airports Make Long
Island Sound
Too Dangerous for National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility
Hartford, CT – State Senators Len Fasano (R-North
Haven) and Andrea Stillman (D-Waterford) are challenging
a proposal by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
(DPH) to locate a new bio-terrorism research facility
on Plum Island, eight miles off the coast of Connecticut
in Long Island Sound. The DPH is considering Plum Island,
already home to an animal disease research center, as
a potential site for a new National Bio and Agro-Defense
Facility where some of the world’s deadliest biological
threats will be studied.
Fasano and Stillman, both of whom have served as co-Chairs
of Connecticut’s Long Island Sound LNG Task Force,
wrote DPH on Monday to express their concerns about
the project and to urge the department to remove Plum
Island from the list of potential sites due to, among
other things, the region’s population density
and proximity to international airports.
The
Senators’ letter is attached.
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