[Decontamination of soil after bacterial warfare experiments on Gruinard Island].
Bombs containing B. anthracis spores were detonated on Gruinard island in 1942 and 1943 as a part of a British research programme set up in response to fears that the Germans were developing biological weapons. In 1986 island was decontaminated by spraying with 5% formaldehyde. As a demonstration of confidence in the success of the decontamination operation a flock of 40 sheep was allowed to graze for several months with no ill effects.
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Ośrodek Badań Weterynaryjnych Wojskowego Instytutu Higieny i Epidemiologii, Puławach.
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D001408:Bacillus anthracis; D001694:Biological Warfare; D003666:Decontamination / Q000379:methods*; D005557:Formaldehyde; D012606:Scotland
D005557:Formaldehyde
Odkazenie gleby po wojennych doświadczeniach bakteriologicznych na wyspie Gruinard.