9,200 uncounted vials found at Army biodefense lab

An inventory of deadly germs and toxins at an Army biodefense lab in Frederick found more than 9,200 vials of material that was unaccounted for in laboratory records, Fort Detrick officials said Wednesday.

He said the found material included Korean War-era serum samples from patients with Korean hemorrhagic fever, a disease still of interest to researchers pursuing a vaccine. Other vials contained viruses and microbes responsible for Ebola, plague, anthrax, botulism and host of other ailments, Kortepeter said in a teleconference with reporters. Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Jul. 2, 2009

The lack of accountability of so many deadly toxins in the army germ warfare lab is unsettling, and told in some detail.

Apparently not very widely reported, since it came out weeks ago.

After Fort Detrick anthrax researcher Bruce E. Ivins killed himself in July, the FBI announced that he alone was responsible for the anthrax ... More »

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