Re: Biological Warfare Agents (fwd)

[peter strauss <pstrauss@igc.apc.org>]

At least some biological testing was co-sponsored by the Department of
Agriculture. This agency may be an untapped resource. For example, in
Panama, herbicide and pesticide tests at the Tropical Test Center were
co-sponsored by DoD and DoA.

Peter

cpeo@cpeo.org wrote:
> 
> From: Center for Public Environmental Oversight <cpeo@cpeo.org>
> 
> Posting from Pam Miller <acat@akcf.org>
> 
> Dear All,
> We know that Fort Greely and associated Gerstle River Test Site in Interior
> Alaska were used for the testing of chemical and biological warfare
> materials in 1963-65. We have some source documentation now describing the
> particular materials, locations, quantities, and uses.
> 
> Stephen Lester of Center for Health, Environment, and Justice wrote a good
> article, "Biological Warfare: Experimenting at Home," in their Summer 1998
> journal (Volume 16, No. 2). He was part of the National Academy of Sciences
> committee to evaluate the impacts of military testing of zinc cadmium
> sulphide (ZnCdS) on affected communities. Although they did not focus on
> biological warfare materials, Stephan Lester's article provides a summary 
of
> known BW testing areas in the U.S. from the Army publication: U.S. Army
> Activity in the U.S. Biological Warfare Programs, V II, 24 February 1977
> Unclassified.
> 
> If anyone is interested in the specific information we've discovered
> concerning BW testing in Alaska, please let me know.
> 
> Best regards,
> Pamela Miller
> 
> Pamela K. Miller, Program Director
> Alaska Community Action on Toxics
> 135 Christensen Drive, Suite 100
> Anchorage, Alaska 99501
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