# Lab-exit theory

[**Scott Becker**](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1719534.stm)<span style="font-weight: 400;">[, **Dec 2001**, Association of Public Health Laboratories head:](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1719534.stm) *There's security measures that need to be improved in labs across the country. Things as simple as **l***</span>***ocks on refrigerators, key cards for access***<span style="font-weight: 400;"> *into the facilities*.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">**[BBC Interviewer:](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1719534.stm)** *(A) lot of listeners would be astonished to learn you get*</span> *padlocks on stationery cupboards, but not necessarily, padlocks on refrigerators that have **lethal organisms** in them.*

*<span style="font-weight: 400;">We certainly </span>**share that concern**<span style="font-weight: 400;"> (but) the **s**</span>**cientific community**<span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been a </span>very **collegial** community<span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span>scientists work very well together<span style="font-weight: 400;">. You </span>**know who'**<span style="font-weight: 400;">s working on what organisms around.</span>*