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Joyce Riley
Citizens
of Missouri and surrounding states are outraged to find
that biological materials have been released into the open
air on a regular basis at Fort Leonard Wood this past year
in "training exercises." Informed consent of the
general population has not been obtained in any of these
releases. The biological agent utilized in these exercises
is "Bacillus subtilis," also known as "Bacillus
globigii" (BG), and is being used because it closely
resembles anthrax and can be detected by the Biological
Integrated Detection System (BIDS) units at Fort Leonard
Wood.
According
to Robin Byrom, with the Chemical School Materiel and Combat
Development Department at Ft. Leonard Wood, "There
have been four courses, they started in. I believe January
of this year and there is ongoing a class at Fort Leonard
Wood right now"
Although
Army officials claim that these simulants are "virtually
harmless," Congressional records report there is no
such thing as a safe biological simulant. BG is known to
cause spontaneous abortions in sheep and cattle, upper respiratory
infections, eye infections, and can affect those with compromised
immune systems such as the elderly, the chronically ill
and the very young. Senate reports entitled "Biological
Testing Involving Human Subjects, 1977" and "Human
Drug Testing by the CIA," establish a clear and consistent
track record by the Department of Defense of deceiving and
manipulating the general public in regard to the development
and use of biological and chemical agents. The Department
of the Army, is invited to attend.
An emergency
public "Town Hall" hearing will be held at the
Versailles Middle School in Versailles, MO. on Thursday,
October 26, 2000, at 7PM to address the release of these
pathogens and what action must be taken to immediately stop
the Department of the Army from continuing this practice.
Public Officials, law enforcement, medical personnel, livestock
ranchers and all concerned citizens are urged to attend.
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