US Anthrax Scare Grows with Pentagon Admitting to More Shipments. Anthrax Import Angers South Koreans

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• Published on Jun 4, 2015
  An anthrax scare is growing in the United States; the Pentagon admits that it mailed more samples of live bacteria to laboratories than previously though. A smaller number of shipments were revealed last week. Staff members at some of the labs have been treated for exposures as a precaution with Pentagon insisting there is no risk to the general public. Biosafety experts have heavily criticized the lapse, because any sample has to be deactivated before being sent out. Deadly Anthrax has been making headlines since spores were found in a letter mailed in the U-S in 2001. The disease has been used for biological weapons programs in the U-S and elsewhere.

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• Published on Jun 4, 2015
  The United States’ shipment of live Anthrax into South Korea has angered South Koreans. The incident has prompted the country’s civil society to call for the reconsideration of Seoul’s military ties with the US.

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