Talk:Public health laboratory

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I happened upon this page while researching public health medicine. I discovered the brunt of the content is very U.S.-centric and contains no citations. I recommend a rewrite of the content with a more international and neutral bend, with citations, or a merger of any applicable content to the public health article. Lostraven (talk) 16:50, 11 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'll add that as it stands, much of the introductory content is directly copied and pasted from the Association of Public Health Laboratories website, specifically from this page. I believe this is grounds for deletion of, at a minimum, the offending content. Lostraven (talk) 20:25, 11 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed today a user by the name "Aphlnatl" — potentially indicating personal editing interest by someone related to the Association of Public Health Laboratories — has removed the necessary warnings I placed on this page. None of the problems mentioned have been resolved yet, and these warning should not be removed. If these warnings are removed again without any of the mentioned issues being corrected, I will first try to work with the editors to avoid an editing conflict. If that does not resolve it, I will request editing protections on this page until proper citations and neutrality have been imparted on the article. Quality should be at least up to par of this article. Lostraven (talk) 21:55, 9 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright problem removed[edit]

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