Pentagon Accidentally Ships Live Anthrax to Laboratories
On Wednesday, the Pentagon confirmed that it had unintentionally shipped live anthrax spores to as many as nine laboratories and is investigating how error occurred. The labs were supposed to receive inactivated samples of anthrax to use for research.
- "Live Anthrax Spores Shipped to Laboratories" (AP/New York Times, 5/27).
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