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Journal of the American Medical Association - Botulinum Toxin as a Biological Weapon

The US biological weapons program first produced botulinum toxin during World War II. Because of concerns that Germany had weaponized botulinum toxin, more than 1 million doses of botulinum toxoid vaccine were made for Allied troops preparing to invade Normandy on D-Day.19-20  The US biological weapons program was ended in 1969-1970 by executive orders of Richard M. Nixon, then president. Research pertaining to biowarfare use of botulinum toxin took place in other countries as well.

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by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon Jan 25th, 2010 at 11:58:55 AM EST
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Because of concerns that Germany had weaponized botulinum toxin, more than 1 million doses of botulinum toxoid vaccine were made for Allied troops preparing to invade Normandy on D-Day

Sounds like the justification for the Manhattan Project.

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by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jan 25th, 2010 at 12:02:04 PM EST
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I can't find it at the moment, but I remember reading that Kennedy ordered the destruction of all biological weapons, and the military just didnt do it, when asked why they were ignoring the presidential order they said  it was for "technical reasons" and carried on not doing it.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon Jan 25th, 2010 at 12:45:56 PM EST
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Well, in fairness, I'd say that developing a vaccine is rather more benign than making stuff go boom in new and spectacular ways.

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by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Mon Jan 25th, 2010 at 08:41:23 PM EST
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