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New York officials fear that the federal government will close a lab that has helped them combat biological threats https://t.co/Q02Q8sM9gl

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) October 22, 2017

The radiological program that the facility, the National Urban Security Technology Laboratory, developed with the New York Fire Department is widely considered the national standard, and technologies it has tested are in widespread use around the country. It has also worked on systems to combat drug trafficking and money laundering: Portable card readers it tested have helped officials recover millions of dollars in drug proceeds smuggled across borders using gift and other prepaid cards.