Defence scientists secretly tested E.coli bacteria as a possible biological weapon in and around two British towns, documents revealed today.
Between winter 1965 and November 1967 a series of Government trials involving the release of "microthreads" covered in the bacteria were carried out near Swindon and Southampton.
The experiments are detailed in the 1966 Ministry of Defence report on the Microbiological Research Establishment at Porton Down, Wilts.
It is being released for public viewing for the first time today at the National Archives in Kew, south west London.
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The current spate of 4 petting zoos with ecoli outbreaks smells to high heaven
Those 4 bacterial ZOOs must be the Houses of Parliament, M15, BBC and Windsors viruses...
ReplyDeletea nasty spread of germs when caught.