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Comment Steve Kurtz' art project (Score 1) 860

by lathemason on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @11:38PM (#21192447) Attached to: Anti-Terrorism and the Death of the Chemistry Set

Chemistry sets aren't the only casualty in the war on access to scientific knowledge. Artist Steve Kurtz was completely railroaded by the FBI for doing artwork that used harmless e.Coli bacteria. The geneticist that got the material for him was charged with mail fraud too. All after he called 911 to report his wife's heart failure. http://www.caedefensefund.org/faq.html

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