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Militia Members Plead Innocence on Bioterror Charges

(GSN Daily News) Two members of a Georgia militia group on Wednesday entered pleas of not guilty to charges that they planned to produce and disseminate a deadly biotoxin in attacks aimed at undermining federal and state governments, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, Nov. 9). Ray Adams and Samuel Clump denied they had plotted  Read More »

People quarantined in Boise Capitol during anthrax scare

(Idaho Press-Tribune) Officials are on the scene of a possible anthrax scare at the Capitol building in Boise. Posted: Wednesday, November 9, 2011 11:38 am | Updated: 12:06 pm, Wed Nov 9, 2011. Several people are being quarantined in the Boise Capitol after officials say …

China’s worsening hog disease fueling US exports

(CattleNetwork.com) Two major afflictions, foot and mouth disease and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, have forced Chinese hog farmers to slaughter animals to contain outbreak, Rabobank said. That’s led to a drop of about 15 percent in prices for …

Georgia Bioterror Suspects to Appear in Court

(GSN Daily News) Two members of a fringe Georgia militia accused of plotting to develop a lethal biotoxin for use in attacks aimed at bringing down the government are due to appear in federal court on Wednesday, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, Nov. 3). The bond hearing will take place at the federal courthouse  Read More »

IOM Study: Shipboard Hazard and Defense II (SHAD II)

From 1962-1973, more than 5,800 military personnel — mostly Navy personnel and Marines — participated in Project SHAD (Shipboard Hazard and Defense), a series of tests of U.S. warship vulnerability to biological and chemical warfare agents. Many of these tests used simulants, substances with the physical properties of chemical or biological warfare agents, which at  Read More »

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