75 U.S. scientists possibly exposed to live anthrax

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; line-height: 15.600000381469727px; margin-bottom: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As many as 75 scientists and staff in U.S. government laboratories in Atlanta may have been exposed to live anthrax bacteria after researchers failed to follow safety procedures, prompting an investigation by federal authorities.</span></div> <div class="reveal_hider" style="-webkit-filter: none !important; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; filter: none !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" vast_url="http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?sz=640x480&iu=/7548/SMCO_ENCO_SK_MelfortJRN_EN_WEB/news/world&ciu_szs&cust_params=bcplayer%3Dlightbox&impl=s&gdfp_req=1&env=vp&output=xml_vast2&ad_rule=1&unviewed_position_start=1&url=http://www.melfortjournal.com/2014/06/19/75-us-scientists-possibly-exposed-to-live-anthrax&correlator=1403358514729"> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; line-height: 15.600000381469727px; margin-bottom: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Researchers working in a high-security bioterror response lab at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were preparing inactivated samples of the deadly organism, the CDC said on Thursday. But the bacteria may still have been infectious when the samples were transferred to lower-security CDC labs not equipped to handle live anthrax.</span></div> <script language="JavaScript1.1" src="http://bdv.bidvertiser.com/BidVertiser.dbm?pid=579098%26bid=1449088" type="text/javascript"></script> <noscript><a href="http://www.bidvertiser.com/bdv/BidVertiser/bdv_advertiser.dbm">marketing</a></noscript> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> ( function() { if (window.CHITIKA === undefined) { window.CHITIKA = { 'units' : [] }; }; var unit = {"publisher":"milevski21","width":300,"height":250,"sid":"Chitika Default"}; var placement_id = window.CHITIKA.units.length; window.CHITIKA.units.push(unit); document.write('<div id="chitikaAdBlock-' + placement_id + '"></div>'); var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text/javascript'; s.src = '//cdn.chitika.net/getads.js'; try { document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(s); } catch(e) { document.write(s.outerHTML); } }()); </script> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; line-height: 15.600000381469727px; margin-bottom: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img height="268" src="https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS0z3zOkj-fHQ-rab8bORukB2eZ8MIttlZXSgMDyria_f_TWHqMGA" width="400"></div> </div>

75 U.S. scientists possibly exposed to live anthrax

As many as 75 scientists and staff in U.S. government laboratories in Atlanta may have been exposed to live anthrax bacteria after researc...

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