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About the dangerous consignment told Reuters the Pentagon, who requested anonymity. He noted that the anthrax had to be inactive, but mistakenly sent living organisms. The case came to light during an investigation conducted by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US military base in Utah, which mistakenly sent laboratory bacteria.

Dozens of US soldiers at risk in the database Korea

This week, the US military announced that 22 US military may have been exposed to anthrax bacteria during training at the US air base in South Korea. The alarm was raised when it was discovered that the bacteria used during the training base in Osan, South Korea may be active. The US military has ensured that there is no threat to the population, because the test sample bacteria was used in the “laboratory environment”, the “autonomous part of the base.”

Swatches not pose a threat to society?

Also in the case of shipment to Australia the Americans assert that there is no information that could lead to infection and bacteria sample is not a threat to society.

Nearly one year ago, the CDC reported that 84 employees of three national laboratories in Atlanta may have been exposed to anthrax bacteria. There was there a violation of safety procedures. All threatened with preventive antibiotics are given at the time.

Anthrax – one of the most serious threats

Anthrax is a serious, usually fatal infectious disease of domestic animals. Moves to humans and can lead to infections of the skin, gastrointestinal tract and lungs, and death.

Anthrax bacteria can be used as a biological weapon and are considered one of the most serious bioterrorist threats.

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