“Debating the Risks and Benefits of a Bioterrorism Research Facility in Boston: Examining the Controversy and Potential Consequences”

The Boston area is famous worldwide for its cutting-edge research and its leading frontiers in biomedical advances.  Therefore, it is unsurprising that Boston University has received federal government funding and has built a high-security, state-of-the-art Bioterrorism Research Facility right in the heart of Boston.  Many are upset that this laboratory facility is built in the city next to the low socioeconomic neighborhoods, thus putting these neighborhoods at risk if an accident happens.  Others are against it being built at all, saying that biotechnology will get into the hands of the wrong people and promote bioterrorism.  Some do not like the fact that the city and the Mayor of Boston have been so secretive about this project, indicating a possibility that the government is conducting secret genetically engineered organisms/plants to be released into our environment!(?)
So what do you think?  Should this facility be built somewhere else – maybe in another state?  Was it a mistake to build it at all?  What controls should be placed to guarantee that “mad scientists” don’t genetically modify our food, plants, etc.?  Would you want to work there?  Would you mind living next to that facility?  What happens if a mistake occurs and some experimental organisms somehow get released into the environment?  Should we just slow down biotechnology and keep it out of our food supply and environment just like the organic food farmers say?