Plum Island Sale

AP News - 592 days ago
Plum Island Sale
FILE - In this file photo of Nov. 16, 1999, a pig peers out of an airtight quarantined pen at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center on Plum Island, where scientists studied some of the world's most infectious animal viruses off the coast of Long Island, N.Y. Despite environmentalists concerns about the legacy of studies on dangerous animal diseases and top-secret Army germ warfare research, authorities have removed vast amounts of waste and contaminants from Plum Island. The Department of Homeland Security is preparing to sell the 840-acre pork chop-shaped island off northeastern Long Island and build a new laboratory to study dangerous animal diseases in Kansas. (AP Photo/Ed Betz, file)