Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: jch@GS48.SP.CS.CMU.EDU (Jonathan Hardwick) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Anthrax Keywords: anthrax Message-ID: <1991Feb8.012320.15310@cbnews.att.com> Date: 8 Feb 91 01:23:20 GMT References: <1991Feb4.050514.12630@cbnews.att.com> <1991Feb5.035254.2230@cbnews.att.com> <1991Feb6.025234.17651@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: Carnegie Mellon University Lines: 21 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Jonathan Hardwick In article <1991Feb6.025234.17651@cbnews.att.com>, dvlssd@cs.umu.se (Stefan Skoglund) writes: |> |> The British made a test with anthrax ( I believe ) on a island in Scotland. |> Northeast of the Hebrides. |> |> God know when or if we ever will be able to land there. The testing was performed in WW II, to establish whether or not anthrax was a viable wartime weapon. The island was off-limits to everyone not wearing an NBC suit until a few years back. The military then used a brand-new procedure to decontaminate the island; it was described on "Tomorrow's World", a British science-and-technology tv program. I can't remember the exact details, but I believe it involved injecting superheated saline steam (?) into the turf of the island. After suitable testing, they declared the island to be free of viable anthrax spores. However, I don't think anyone has yet gone so far as to actually *live* on the island. Maybe one of the Scottish correspondents has more info? Jonathan Hardwick, jch@cs.cmu.edu