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▲The secret Cold War bioweapons test that exposed millions in the Bay Area (sfgate.com)
hyperific 3 days ago [-]
Read about this in Judith Miller's Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War.

The bacterial species released was Serratia marcescens. If you've ever seen a pinkish build up in your shower these bacteria are to blame. Normally doesn't affect healthy people but people with compromised immune systems aren't so lucky.

Operation Sea-Spray was the US Army operation that dispersed S. marcescens over SF. The Army has done similar tests with Bacillus globigii and even carcinogenic chemicals.

hyperific 3 days ago [-]
If you think this is interesting look up the Rajneeshi bioterror incident of 1984 and the 1993 Aum Shinrikyo Tokyo anthrax attack.
e40 3 days ago [-]
The same Judith Miller that helped justifythe Iraq invasion?
hyperific 5 hours ago [-]
Oh wow I wasn't aware of this. Yeah, same person...
JoeBOFH 3 days ago [-]
I actually learned about this on Notgabbyb‘s YouTube channel. It’s insane what we learn about and then somehow don’t riot on.
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