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NEW: Workers who recently lost their jobs at the National Institute for Occupational Safety due to Trump's cuts tell WIRED that they fear biological samples, like human urine and frozen rodent organs used for research, will be left to rot...

wired.comThousands of Urine and Tissue Samples Are in Danger of Rotting After Staff Cuts at a CDC LaboratoryWorkers who recently lost their jobs at the National Institute for Occupational Safety say they’re concerned that there’s no plan for managing biological samples tied to research projects.

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The NIOSH researchers collected the tissue samples as part of experiments to determine how Americans may be impacted by chemicals and other substances they are exposed to at their jobs. “You can't really store them very long in a regular freezer—they won't be viable."

wired.comThousands of Urine and Tissue Samples Are in Danger of Rotting After Staff Cuts at a CDC LaboratoryWorkers who recently lost their jobs at the National Institute for Occupational Safety say they’re concerned that there’s no plan for managing biological samples tied to research projects.