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Gruinard Island

island, Scotland, United Kingdom
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  • A person in protective gear stands beside a warning sign on Gruinard Island stating the ground is contaminated with anthrax due to government experiments, with landing prohibited as of 1986.
    Today in History—April 24
    / How an Anthrax Experiment Quarantined an Island

    Remote and rocky Gruinard Island, off Scotland’s west coast, had been off limits since 1942, when the British government carried out secret anthrax experiments there during World War II. The goal was to weaponize the deadly bacteria against Nazi Germany.

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    Remote and rocky Gruinard Island, off Scotland’s west coast, had been off limits since 1942, when the British government carried out secret anthrax experiments there during World War II. The goal was to weaponize the deadly bacteria against Nazi Germany.

    Read More