FBI Agent: Synthetic Biology Could “Reduce Our Population”

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">FBI Agent: Synthetic biology “…can reduce our population by significant percentages.”<br><br>The <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/09/science/a-synthetic-biology-conference-lures-an-intriguing-audience.html?_r=0">New York Times reported</a> earlier this month on a conference held at MIT on May 1 that discussed synthetic biology. The conference gathered an interesting group of scientists and Homeland Security representatives.<br><br>One of the law enforcement speakers at <a href="http://cba.mit.edu/events/14.05.BB/">the conference</a> was FBI agent Carmine Nigro. He is quoted by the Times as saying regarding synthetic biology, “These technologies do not just pose a risk to individual buildings or cities, but if cleverly deployed, can reduce our population by significant percentages.”<br></span><img src="http://i.cbc.ca/1.2636404.1399574029!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/dna.jpg"></div>

FBI Agent: Synthetic Biology Could “Reduce Our Population”

FBI Agent: Synthetic biology “…can reduce our population by significant percentages.” The New York Times reported earlier this month on a ...

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