Secret US Germ Testing Program in the 1950s.

Posted by Alex in Weapons & War on February 15, 2006 at 2:00 am


From the website:

Fifty years ago, American scientists were in a frantic race to counter what they saw as the Soviet threat from germ warfare. Biological pathogens they developed were tested on volunteers from a pacifist church and were also released in public places.

See more at BBC’s article about its documentary (called Hotel Anthrax) on America’s secret germ program: Link

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2 comments to "Secret US Germ Testing Program in the 1950s."

  1. J.B. STONE
    February 16th, 2006 at 2:01 am

    Thanks for disseminating this info...!!!

    You might say I have a "vested interest" in its becoming better known.

    www1.va.gov/SHAD

    My own personal online "archive":

    http://www.freedominion.ca/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=14556

    Feel free to contact me.

    pbay@digisys.net.

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    Please familiarize yourself with the subject matter FIRST, however.

    J.B. STone, Human Test Rat

    Project SHAD, USS Granville S. Hall,
    Main Lab Ship, 1969

  2. Alicia
    February 21st, 2006 at 11:44 am

    Americans are guinea pigs for their government. Sad, isn't it?!


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