How does an accident become an experiment? Secret science and the exposure of the public to biological warfare agents.
Balmer
Brian
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Department of Science & Technology Studies, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. b.balmer@ucl.ac.uk
D000059:Accidents; D000818:Animals; D001694:Biological Warfare / Q000266:history*; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000941:ethics*; D008192:Deception; D030881:Disclosure / Q000941:ethics*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008889:Military Personnel; D033281:Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation / Q000266:history; D011050:Policy Making; D011640:Public Policy; D012106:Research / Q000266:history*; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000941:ethics; D012586:Science; D014342:Truth Disclosure; D006113:United Kingdom; D015010:Yersinia pestis