Two new labs at CDC

CHAMBLEE - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, upgrading what it calls Third World facilities, unveiled two new laboratories Friday, including one critical to the agency&#39;s plans to fight chemical terrorism. <br> <br> The state-of-the-art labs -- one to detect toxins like lead and pesticide in the body and another to study parasitic diseases -- are part of a ten-year, one billion dollars plan to renovate decayed CDC buildings. <br> <br> The toxin lab can measure 120 chemical agents that terrorists could unleash, including deadly nerve gases. <br> <br> In the event of such a chemical attack, the toxin lab would be used to determine exactly what substance was used and who was exposed. <br> <br> The same lab tests human blood, urine and tissue samples for more common toxins, like lead in paint, hazardous pesticides and tobacco smoke.

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