Chinese Nationals Charged with Smuggling Dangerous Biological Pathogens into U.S.
TL;DR
A Chinese scholar and her boyfriend at the University of Michigan were charged with smuggling a dangerous biological pathogen into the U.S. for research purposes, raising concerns about national security and biosecurity. The pathogen, Fusarium graminearum, is a significant agricultural threat and considered a potential agroterrorism agent.
- Chinese couple smuggled biological pathogen into U.S. for University of Michigan research, feds say MLive.com
- Patel sounds alarm as Chinese nationals charged with smuggling 'agroterrorism agent' into US: 'direct threat' Fox News
- FBI arrests 2 Chinese researchers for smuggling ‘dangerous fungus’ called ‘Fusarium graminearum’ into US: Kash Patel Hindustan Times
- Chinese nationals accused of smuggling 'dangerous biological pathogen' into US BBC
- US says it broke up effort to bring toxic fungus to Michigan lab from China AP News
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