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Source: BBC Radio 4

Roundup

12-31-69

Hotel Anthrax -- Fort Detrick [30min]

During the Cold War, Fort Detrick near Washington DC was home to America's top secret biological weapons research project. Allan Urry meets some of those who took part, and reveals the extraordinary lengths to which they went in order to conduct their experiments.

Read entire article at BBC Radio 4