Army Lab Lost Deadly Germs in ‘90s, Audit Says
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Specimens of anthrax, the Ebola virus and other pathogens were listed as missing after an audit of the Army’s biological warfare research center in the early 1990s, according to a published report.
Documents from a 1992 Army inquiry also suggest someone was entering a lab at Ft. Detrick, Md., late at night to conduct unauthorized research, according to a story in the Hartford Courant. A counter on a piece of equipment was rolled back and someone misspelled “antrax” when creating a label, according to documents obtained by the paper.
Ft. Detrick officials did not return phone messages.
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