Sunday, May 31, 2015

FEDEX USED AS THE COURIER TO TRANSPORT ANTHRAX TO 18 US LABS AND THE US BASE IN S KOREA–INCLUDING LIVE SPORES–AS US SECRETARY ASTON CARTER OFFERS AN DEEPEST APOLOGY FOR THE INCEDENT –AS 22 USFK LAB PERSONNEL MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED

Next time when you receive a FedEx package, you had better wear latex lab gloves before touching it.
Such an extreme precaution may be not entirely warranted, but a recent incident may tempt people to give it serious thought.
The incident involved the delivery of anthrax samples by the world's top package courier to 18 labs in the United States and an American military base here.
According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, FedEx has been used to carry samples from Dugway Proving Ground, the chemical weapons testing site opened more than 70 years ago in a desolate stretch of desert in Utah.
Rep. Jin Sung-joon of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD) told The Korea Times, Sunday, "I cannot repress my astonishment that one of the most hazardous materials, which can be used in biochemical weapons, has been delivered by a private delivery company. It shows how poor the military management system is."
Noting that the U.S. had maintained that the latest incident was a mistake, Jin argued that the Korean government needs to check out how often and how long such samples — alive or dead — have been coming in and out of South Korea through the private company.

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2015/06/116_179905.html

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