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#171 – Alison Young on how top labs have jeopardised public health with repeated biosafety failures

80,000 Hours Podcast

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The Challenges of Establishing a Safety Culture in Labs

This chapter explores the repeated biosafety failures in labs, the resistance to safety culture, and the challenges in implementing safety procedures. It discusses the historical culture of working with diseases and highlights the importance of following safety protocols in microbiology labs.

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