IN NOVEMBER, Â鶹´«Ã½ reported that police were refusing to
confirm or deny reports that 40 deaths were under investigation as a result of
tests conducted at the former Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment in
Porton Down
(11 November 2000, p 11).
The Porton Down establishment was set up at the outbreak of the First World
War as a means of retaliating in kind and providing protective measures for
Britain’s armed forces. Work continued there between the world wars and for a
long time afterwards. Much of it depended on volunteers prepared to participate
in tests aimed at producing…
