“In his new book, Lab 257: The Disturbing Story of the Government’s Secret Plum Island Germ Laboratory, (Long Island lawyer Michael) Carroll raises a disturbing question: Is there a connection between outbreaks of Lyme disease and West Nile virus and Plum Island research? Old Lyme, Conn., the location of the disease’s initial 1975 outbreak, is close to Plum Island. While the case for the lab being the source isn’t cut and dry, many scientists have had a hard time finding a conventional explanation for the sudden emergence of the debilitating disease in Connecticut, which is spread though ticks. Carroll makes a strong case that the lab is the only logical source. The story of the West Nile virus, which also suddenly appeared in close proximity to Plum Island, is not as clear. But Carroll proves how the connection between the lab and disease outbreaks cannot be ignored, though most journalists and activists who have touched the story have been labeled ‘conspiracy theorists.'” —Guerrilla News Network