Between the villages of Gairloch and Ullapool in the north-western highlands of Scotland, there is a small oval-shaped island called Gruinard. From the edge of the mainland, this island looks very quiet and peaceful. But in the 1940s, there was a terrible story on this island. On Gruinard Island, during the Second World War, a team of scientists from the military research facility at Port Down demonstrated to Winston Churchill the dangers of anthrax, and the feasibility of using the deadly bacteria as an active agent for biological weapons. Anthrax is one of the best known biological warfare agents, and one of the most feared. Inhaling anthrax spores will induce flu-like symptoms such as fever, cough, chest pain, and shortness of breath as fluid builds up in the cavity. If left untreated, the patient's condition quickly deteriorates, resulting in death within 48 hours.

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