U.S. military mistakenly ships live anthrax to labs in 9 states
Source: Reuters
The U.S. military mistakenly sent live anthrax bacteria to laboratories in nine U.S. states and a U.S. air base in South Korea, after apparently failing to properly inactivate the bacteria last year, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
The Pentagon said there was no known suspected infection or risk to the public. But four U.S. civilians have been started on preventive measures called post-exposure prophylaxis, which usually includes the anthrax vaccine, antibiotics or both.
The four face "minimal" risk, said Jason McDonald, a spokesman for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which has begun an investigation of the incident. The four were "doing procedures that sent the agent into the air," he said.
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The mishap comes 11 months after the CDC, one of the government's top civilian labs, similarly mishandled anthrax.
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to notice where the Anthrax went eh?
What a load of crap! 
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Is there a Patriot Act up for renewal or something?
