Secret US Germ Testing Program in the 1950s.



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

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