Editing Biosafety level (section)

==Safety concerns==
A North Carolina Mosquito & Vector Control Association (NCMVCA) study highlighted safety concerns. In the United States, laboratories can be funded by federal, state, private, non-profit, or academically. The last accounts for 72% of the funding.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NCMVCA study |url=http://www.ncmvca.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/12andersonlab.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131192531/http://www.ncmvca.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/12andersonlab.pdf |archive-date=2017-01-31 |access-date=2017-01-19}}</ref>

High-containment labs that are registered with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Select Agent Program must adhere to Department of Defense standards.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DoD Safety Standards for Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories |url=http://dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/605518m.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170125204212/http://dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/605518m.pdf |archive-date=2017-01-25 |access-date=2017-01-19}}</ref> Since BSL3 and 4 laboratories in the United States are regulated by either the CDC or USDA or another federal agency (depending on the pathogens they handle), no single federal agency is responsible for regulating or tracking the number of these labs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GAO publication |url=http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-08-108T |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170120224803/http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-08-108T |archive-date=2017-01-20 |access-date=2017-01-19}}</ref> U.S. high-containment laboratories that handle pathogens which are declared as "[[select agent]]s" must be inspected periodically by the CDC or USDA, adhere to certain standards, and maintain ongoing education on biosecurity and biosafety policies as mandated by law.<ref>{{cite book |title=Microbial Forensics |date=2011 |publisher=Elsevier, Academic Press |isbn=978-0-12-382006-8 |pages=199–220 |chapter=Chapter 13 - Select Agent Regulations |doi=10.1016/B978-0-12-382006-8.00013-X |last1=Morse |first1=Stephen A. |last2=Weirich |first2=Elizabeth }}</ref>