US government sold off old lab equipment despite biosecurity risk
Federal agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture, sold nine high-risk laboratory equipment items flagged for potential use in biological warfare to individuals and companies in the U.S. and Canada between fiscal 2022 and 2025. These items were listed on the U.S. Interactive Commerce Control List, and some appeared to be resellers. The data was revealed through an undercover inquiry by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
EXCLUSIVE — Federal agencies sold off used or excess laboratory equipment flagged as high-risk exports that could be used in biological warfare to apparent resellers, according to an undercover investigation conducted by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
The GAO found that from fiscal 2022 through 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture sold nine unneeded scientific instruments that were on the U.S. Interactive Commerce Control List to individuals and companies in the United States and Canada, some of which appeared to be resellers.
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