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Agricultural Experiment Station expands lab capacity; researchers highlight ticks, mosquitoes and PFAS testing

2405026 · February 26, 2025
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Summary

The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station said a new greenhouse has opened and a Windsor lab will go to bid; scientists described ongoing surveillance and laboratory work on ticks, mosquitoes and PFAS testing for farms and drinking-water risks.

Leaders of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station told lawmakers the station’s new greenhouse in New Haven has opened and that the Valley Laboratory project in Windsor is going out to bid, adding lab and field capacity for plant, vector and environmental testing.

Why it matters: The station conducts surveillance and lab testing that inform public-health responses to…

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