Needing to consult laboratory workers was seen as a threat to physicians' authority.
He called for more money to train public health professionals and laboratory workers.
"One of your laboratory workers gave me rather a different explanation of this experiment."
The laboratory workers never talked very much and the room was quiet.
Biosafety experts say many laboratory workers must change their attitudes toward safety.
And, he said, laboratory workers use different levels of protection.
The researchers also noted that laboratory workers do not always adhere to the current safety regulations.
A laboratory worker has been infected simply by working with the virus and not because of an accident.
It's very contagious to laboratory workers if it gets into the air.
SV40 may also spread from animals to people who work with them and to laboratory workers.