Leaky labs get off scot free.

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      The article reports that the Surrey County Council has abandoned its case against the two research laboratories at Pirbright in Surrey, England, regarding the accidental release of the foot-and-mouth-disease virus last August 2007. The accident resulted into eight outbreaks of the disease, causing about 100 million pounds in losses due to the ban on meat exports. The council explained that it is hard to determine when of the organizations was responsible of the accident.