What if an agent leaked into the ground through waste or drain water from the lab?
National Institutes of Health, Environmental Protection Agency and Metropolitan Sewer District regulations will all be in force at the lab. All three agencies prohibit the disposal of infectious waste into the sanitary sewer system or in any other manner that could contaminate groundwater. All plumbing and mechanical systems at the lab will have backflow prevention devices to keep any waste from accidentally entering the sewer system.
