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| Anthrax spores may have been treated with bentonite |
| 2001-10-28 |
ABCNEWS has been told by three well-placed and separate sources that initial tests on an anthrax-laced letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle have detected a troubling chemical additive that authorities consider their first significant clue yet. An urgent series of tests conducted on the letter at Ft. Detrick, Md., and elsewhere discovered the anthrax spores were treated with bentonite, a substance that keeps the tiny particles floating in the air by preventing them from sticking together. The easier the particles are to inhale, the more deadly they are. As far as is known, only one country, Iraq, has used bentonite to produce biological weapons. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |