by Maryam Henein, Activist Post:

Over the next couple of weeks, I will release a six-part series on the world of anthrax….

READ: Part 1

Pipes & Possible Pathogens 

“Research is currently on hold,” USAMRIID said in a 2019 statement.

The institute at Fort Detrick is part of the select agent program. The suspended research involved certain toxins, along with germs, which the government determined has “the potential to pose a severe threat to public, animal or plant health.” There are 300 labs approved to work with about 66 of these select agents and toxins such as Ebola, smallpox, anthrax,  plague, and the poison ricin, according to The New York Times.