Millions were in germ war tests (Great Britan)...

[Indi Guy]

The Ministry of Defence turned large parts of the country into a giant laboratory to conduct a series of secret germ warfare tests on the public.

A government report just released provides for the first time a comprehensive official history of Britain's biological weapons trials between 1940 and 1979.

Many of these tests involved releasing potentially dangerous chemicals and micro-organisms over vast swaths of the population without the public being told.

While details of some secret trials have emerged in recent years, the 60-page report reveals new information about more than 100 covert experiments.

The report reveals that military personnel were briefed to tell any 'inquisitive inquirer' the trials were part of research projects into weather and air pollution... http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2002/apr/21/uk.medicalscience

[dipsydoodle]

1. Sorry

I unrecc'd this by accident when I meant to rec it. :(

[Lint Head]

2. This is the message I get when looking at this article.

Sorry - we haven't been able to serve the page you asked for

You may have followed a broken link

[dipsydoodle]

4. Works ok for me

try again using a fresh link : http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2002/apr/21/uk.medicalscience

[Indi Guy]

5. Thanks for posting the fresh link... n/t

[rucky]

3. The article's from 2002

which doesn't make it any less true or shocking, btw.

[Indi Guy]

6. Exactly...

...especially considering the many decades of "testing" that went on.

[TalkingDog]

7. It's not a conspiracy when the government does it.

n/t