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Homeland Security to release bacteria in subway stations during sensor testing

Friday, May 18, 2012 10:27
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CAMBRIDGE – The federal government is planning to release small amounts of dead bacteria in subway stations here and in Somerville beginning this summer to test sensors designed to detect biological agents unleashed in terrorist attacks. But some people voiced skepticism over the initiative during a public meeting Wednesday about the program.

The US Department of Homeland Security will release a type of bacteria that, when alive, is commonly found in soil and food and cleaning products, inside the Davis, Harvard Square, and Porter Square stations, DHS scientist Anne Hultgren said during a meeting at the Cambridge YMCA in Central Square.

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