Anthrax is almost the same organism as Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), which is produced commercially as a pesticide. The two organisms can be grown and prepared in the same way. Because Bt is generally considered harmless, the facilities producing it probably have not been investigated as possible sources of the anthrax material.
I heard something on NPR awhile back about the ability of BT equipment being capable of being used for anthrax, and the quite distinct possibility that some of it had been diverted for same. I also heard last night on NPR a quite lengthy piece on the whole "rightwing militants/anthrax" bit. keyser-soze@hushmail.com wrote:
Anthrax is almost the same organism as Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), which is produced commercially as a pesticide. The two organisms can be grown and prepared in the same way.
Because Bt is generally considered harmless, the facilities producing it probably have not been investigated as possible sources of the anthrax material.
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