Pentagon Ships Live Anthrax by Mistake A government lab in Utah mistakenly shipped live anthrax spores to labs in nine different states, as well as an Air Force Base in South Korea, where 22 ...

Officials are still investigating how live samples of anthrax were mistakenly shipped to nine states and South Korea. WSJ’s Julian Barnes reports. Photo: AP ...

At least 51 laboratories in 17 states and three foreign countries received potentially live anthrax spores from the Defense Department over the past decade, and the number is likely to grow ...

Anthrax that was supposed to be inactive but that was actually “most likely” live was sent to the Pentagon in 2006 in order to test the building’s chemical and biological detection equipment ...

More Labs Received Live Anthrax, Pentagon Says Deadly pathogen mistakenly sent to 17 states, D.C., three other countries By Julian E. Barnes Follow ...

While the tests can detect live anthrax within a 24- to 48-hour span, conclusively proving that a sample contains fully inactivated spores cannot be determined for 10 days.

The US military orders a review into how it handles anthrax, after discovering more cases of live anthrax sent to laboratories, including one in Australia.

The UK has joined the list of countries that unintentionally received shipments of live anthrax samples from the Pentagon.