Anthrax — Worldwide/Unknown
A potentially live anthrax sample was accidentally sent to a U.S. Army post southwest of Tokyo a decade ago, a Pentagon spokesman said Friday [12 Jun 2015], adding that it was disposed of a few years later. The sample was sent while a research program was underway at Camp Zama in Kanagawa Prefecture from 2005 through 2010, and researchers used it for “training and proficiency testing” in countering biological threats. The anthrax was shipped in 2005 and destroyed in 2009, Pentagon spokesman
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