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jbWolf writes:

The U.S. military mistakenly sent live anthrax bacteria [reuters.com] to laboratories in nine U.S. states and a U.S. air base in South Korea, after failing to properly inactivate the bacteria 11 months ago. The anthrax was initially sent from a Utah military lab and was meant to be shipped in an inactive state as part of efforts to develop a field-based test to identify biological threats. No one appears to have developed any symptoms, but have been given treatments as a precaution.

To Editors: Forgot URL in previous submission. Sorry. Also, there wasn't very much coverage when I first submitted, but there seem to be a lot more places picking it up now. Not sure if this is Soylent News worthy with so many places now covering it. Might be good for discussion of handling diseases and what went wrong, but worried about trolls taking this topic over.

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