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In this editorial, the Executive Director for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law addressed a February 3, 2006 Boston Globe article, entitled “Biosafety Lab in South End Gets Final O.K.,” which discussed Boston University’s (“BU”) plan to open a biosafety laboratory in an area with a predominantly Latino and African-American population. Specifically, the author noted, “[t]he fundamental issue is that this BU biolab is the latest and most egregious example of environmental racism. No matter how incalculable the risk of human error and evil intent, this risk is being imposed first and foremost on neighboring communities of color. There is no justification for the location of this potentially lethal laboratory in a low-income African-American and Latino community already burdened by ill health and environmental hazards. Boston University never bothered to consider less discriminatory alternatives. Instead, BU decided to dump its high-risk facility on those most vulnerable and least able to mount a defense.” Article taken from EJ in the News.
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