Porton Down: Britain’s Secret Nerve Gas Lab

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Host - Simon Whistler
Author - Morris M.
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Source/Further reading:

Nerve gas tests: www.theguardian.com/science/2004/may/06/science.research
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/testing-secret-agents-a-century-of-human-experimentation-at-porton-down/
Original construction of Porton Downs: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205204320
History of chemical weapons in warfare: https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/a-brief-history-of-chemical-war
Maddison’s death: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/sep/28/military.antonybarnett
Timeline of Sarin tests: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1832084/
Inside Porton Down: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36606510
Bioweapons and germ warfare at Porton Down: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2002/apr/21/uk.medicalscience
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/may/16/britain-secret-biological-warfare-testing
Government’s own website on Porton Down: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-truth-about-porton-down
Porton Down inquiry timeline: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3744110.stm
Operation Paperclip: https://www.history.com/news/what-was-operation-paperclip
Porton Down animal trials: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/20/thousands-of-pigs-rabbits-and-monkeys-mutilated-at-mods-porton-d/

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