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Secret Cold War bioweapons test exposed millions in Bay Area
Original: The secret Cold War bioweapons test that exposed millions in the Bay Area
A newly detailed account revisits the 1950 Operation Sea-Spray, in which the US Navy sprayed Serratia marcescens bacteria over San Francisco from ships offshore to study how a biological attack might spread. The tests exposed an estimated 800,000 residents to the bacteria without their knowledge, and have since been linked to infections and at least one death. Readers are debating the ethics of secret government experiments on civilians and what accountability, if any, followed.
Why now: A renewed article about Cold War-era secret testing on US citizens is drawing attention to government accountability and public health ethics.
San FranciscoUS NavySerratia marcescensOperation Sea-Spray
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