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Gunn shook his head “I guess we’ll have to wait and see if the CDC and the FBI co in El Salvador”

He stood to leave, but Yaeger raised his hand “Hang on, Rudi I’ve got some additional research you asked for” He reached for a thin folder and passed it to Gunn

Gunn glanced at the title page, retook his seat “BioRem Global Limited, our partner in Detroit What did you find of interest?”

“Not much, I’m afraid It’s a privately held company, so the public record is slim It was founded in the late 1990s by Dr Frasier Senius biocheh University to start the fir up oil spills in the North Sea using er nodded toward the file “The firm has since expanded its product portfolio to treat a variety of hazardous wastes with genetically engineered microbes”

“Is McKee still around?”

“He was killed in a boating accident five years ago His wife, Evanna McKee, inherited the company, and runs it today”

“Yes, I’ve spoken with her”

“She’s a h the company itself is nearly invisible”

“What’s the scope of their work?”

“Difficult to say Many of their jobs are contracted privately No one likes to advertise they have a toxic spill The file lists a handful of high-profile jobs that made the press”

Gunn flipped through the report “They’re certainly Johnny-on-the-spot when it comes to international accidents,” he said “A fertilizer plant fire on the Yangtze River, a chemical spill on the Seine near Paris, and a ruptured oil tank in Karachi And that’s all in the past six months”

“Their global presence is much more notable over the past two years”

Gunn turned the page and stiffened in his chair The sheet listed three additional projects

“A petroleu pit at an El Salvador gold lanced at the video wall, which still displayed the table of cholera outbreaks

“Mutze River site could be Shanghai And that’s in addition to El Salvador”