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New Safety Review Ordered at Pentagon's Anthrax Labs Following Contamination
Sep 3, 2015, 5:33 PM ET
By LUIS MARTINEZ
A safety review has been ordered for the Defense Department?s nine labs and facilities involved in the production, shipment and handling of live and inactivated agents and toxins after anthrax was discovered outside the primary containment area at the Dugway Proving Ground in Utah, military officials said today.
The contamination was found on Aug. 20 in a secure area of the facility, and according to a Pentagon statement there is no evidence that lab employees were exposed to anthrax or that there was any threat to the general public. The area was later decontaminated and no anthrax was found in later testing, officials said...
New Safety Review Ordered at Pentagon's Anthrax Labs Following Contamination
Sep 3, 2015, 5:33 PM ET
By LUIS MARTINEZ
A safety review has been ordered for the Defense Department?s nine labs and facilities involved in the production, shipment and handling of live and inactivated agents and toxins after anthrax was discovered outside the primary containment area at the Dugway Proving Ground in Utah, military officials said today.
The contamination was found on Aug. 20 in a secure area of the facility, and according to a Pentagon statement there is no evidence that lab employees were exposed to anthrax or that there was any threat to the general public. The area was later decontaminated and no anthrax was found in later testing, officials said...