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But the pharmaceutical industry has virtually ignored the so-called Bioshield project, mainly because they won't profit from it.
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The next stop was a local shop called The Natural Abode, and they had a ton of low-VOC stains in amazing colors, by a brand called Bioshield.
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Emergency-use authorizations were begun under the Project Bioshield Act of 2004 involving U.S. responses to pandemics or bioterrorism.
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In 2003, the Bush administration asked Congress for just $100 million to prepare for Avian flu, compared to a whopping $6 billion for its war on terror-friendly "Project Bioshield."
Jeremy Scahill: Germ Warfare: The Second Front of Scooter Libby, Judy Miller and Dick Cheney 2008
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The rush to study plant-based vaccines, which are cheaper and could also be used in Third World countries to prevent plague and cholera, comes just as U.S. vaccine readiness is tested with the flu debacle, complaints that Homeland Security's Bioshield program is ineffective and reports of a dubious anthrax vaccine tested on the military during the gulf war.
PERISCOPE 2007
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The rush to study plant-based vaccines, which are cheaper and could also be used in Third World countries to prevent plague and cholera, comes just as U.S. vaccine readiness is tested with the flu debacle, complaints that Homeland Security's Bioshield program is ineffective and reports of a dubious anthrax vaccine tested on the military during the gulf war.
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The majority of common paint brands now provide these kinds of alternatives, and some manufacturers, such as AFM Safecoat and Bioshield have built their businesses around the greener choices.
GREEN BUILDING 101: Materials & Resources, Part II | Inhabitat 2006
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Nicknamed "Bioshield Two," the bill's primary sponsor, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), claims the Act will give the Department of Health and Human Services "additional authority and resources to partner with the private sector to rapidly develop drugs and vaccines."
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So at this point, you are stil decades away from preparedness for all the things that Bioshield is supposed to do.
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And they have avoided the Bioshield project like the plague.
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