The Washington Post
Anthrax spores found in the spring outside the supposedly secure areas of a biological warfare defense laboratory in Frederick apparently were released through carelessness, the Army said yesterday.
In response, commanders have ordered weekly sampling for contaminants inside and outside the containment labs in the biodefense center at Fort Detrick, spokesman Charles Dasey said. The sampling is among a number of measures aimed at tightening procedures at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, he said.
The changes follow an internal probe prompted by the discovery of anthrax spores in April in three locations at the institute outside the labs that are designed to keep microbes from escaping.