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US Army shipped live anthrax for 10 years, couldn’t effectively kill the bacteria – CDC
A US Army research facility mistakenly shipped live anthrax to labs in the US and abroad for more than 10 years because of ineffective sterilization methods for killing the deadly bacteria, according to a federal report obtained by USA Today.
In the three-page report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US Army facility in Utah was cited for three violations of federal regulations for working with potential bioterror agents, and was ordered to cease shipment of “inactivated” anthrax specimens immediately.
The Dugway Proving Ground’s Life Science Test Facility is at the center of the scandal. It was initially reported to have shipping live anthrax to at least 51 labs in 17 states and three countries – Australia, Canada and South Korea. However, the newly divulged CDC report shows that anthrax was shipped out at least 74 times to dozens of labs in the US and at least five foreign countries between January 2005 and May 2015 …. http://rt.com/usa
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2015/06/us-army-shipped-live-anthrax-for-10.html
