U.S Biological Warfare Experiments
During the Cold War the U.S military conducted secret germ warfare experiments on unwitting human subjects. In 1951, army scientists released supposedly harmless micro-organisms at the Norfolk Naval Supply Center in Virginia. Similar experiments on how bacteria might spread among the wider population were carried out at Washington National Airport in 1965. The traveling public were exposed to biological agents in a secret simulation of a germ warfare attack. In the 1970’s it was revealed that bacteria and a variety of chemicals had been sprayed over the cities of St. Louis, San Fransisco, and over another 200 populated areas since the 1950’s. The army strongly denied that any of the micro-organisms could cause any harm, although mysterious illnesses and deaths have been linked to the experiments. On occasions, deadly substances have been used. In Utah in 1968, around 6,000 sheep were killed after the army released nerve gas 20 miles away.
