A British island became known as the 'island of death' after a secret anthrax experiment and remained under quarantine for 48 years

During the Second World War, a small, uninhabited island off Scotland's north-west coast became the site of one of Britain's most secret military experiments. In 1942, Gruinard Island was deliberately contaminated with anthrax spores as part of a classified biological warfare programme designed to test whether the deadly bacterium could be used against enemy livestock.

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