Lab fails pols' tests.

• Position: Triangle - Life sciences research - Brief article

In a region proud of its life-sciences industry, a lab employing hundreds might seem like a good fit--the kind of economic-development project that politicians would salivate over. But many in the Triangle have turned their backs on one proposed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to research biological threats. In mid-August, Durham County became the latest local government to oppose it--commissioners cited fears of disease...