Porton Down shake-up harming critical national security science, whistleblower warns Senior insider says ‘limbo’ at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory has hit morale and disrupted vital research

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Porton Down shake-up harming critical national security science, whistleblower warns
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A shake-up of the government’s defence science powerhouse at Porton Down has severely damaged morale and harmed work on ...

Scientist forced out over gender beliefs wins two-year legal battle FSU member and former government scientist Peter Wilkins has won his employment tribunal case after being forced out of Porton

I’m absolutely thrilled to share the news that Scientist Peter Wilkins has emerged victorious in his two-year legal battle against being ousted from Porton Down due to his gender-critical views.

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#ColdWar #PortonDown Both types of bacteria sprayed during this experiment (referred to by Porton Scientists as a field trial) are capable of causing disease in humans.

The types were:

E.coli MRE162 (isolated in 1948 from a Porton lavatory)
Bacillus globigii (aka Bacillus subtilis var niger or BG)

#ColdWar #PortonDown All residents exposed to the aerosol cloud would have inhaled/digested very large quantities of live bacteria, as the bacteria size was selected to penetrate the deepest part of the lungs - the alveoli.

This size mimicked the properties of a real Biological Warfare agent.

#ColdWar #PortonDown When the massive bacterial cloud reached land, the wind strength decreased and almost vanished.

The bacterial cloud remained over the sampling areas for many hours.

This led to the target area and its inhabitants being contaminated for a longer time than expected.

#ColdWar #PortonDown The resulting massive bacterial aerosol cloud was carried onshore by the prevailing wind and sampled in the target area by mobile teams of Porton scientists.

On this occasion, the target area was the Isle of Portland.

#ColdWar #PortonDown OTD 1964, the Admiralty ship ETV ICEWHALE slipped from Portland Naval Base and sailed to nearby Weymouth Bay.

At 22:11 ICEWHALE sailed a 4.6 mile straight-line track across Weymouth Bay, spraying massive amounts of live bacteria from spray apparatus mounted on its stern.

Black Death vaccine being developed over fears plague could reemerge

[UK] Black Death vaccine being developed over fears plague could reemerge metro.co.uk/2025/01/07/b... via #ClimateCrisis #ZoonoticDisease #BlackDeath #Plague #BubonicPlague #PortonDown #Wiltshire #England

Wiltshire testing lab to increase pandemic preparations A new team at Porton Down will improve the speed that tests can be made for new diseases.

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I read this just after putting gone-off goats' milk in my tea and finally dealing with the jug of leftover Xmas gravy - i think i'll sit this one out #portondown

#ColdWar #PortonDown This extract from the declassified uncensored version of the Porton down film The Lyme Bay Trials shows the procedure and results of these Biological Warfare experiments.

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#ColdWar #PortonDown Over the next 12 years, scientists from the Microbiological Research Establishment (MRE), Porton Down conducted over 80 similar massive releases of live bacteria.

Most were much larger than the original field trial shown here and contaminated Dorset and surrounding counties.

#ColdWar #PortonDown Both types of the sprayed bacteria are capable of causing disease in humans.

E.coli MRE162 can cause infections of the chest & blood and Bacillus globigii is a known cause of food poisoning. Porton recognise that it's capable of causing disease in immunocompromised persons.

#ColdWar #PortonDown All residents exposed to the aerosol cloud would've inhaled/digestive very large quantities of live bacteria, as the bacteria size was selected to penetrate the deepest part of the lungs - the alveoli.

This size mimicked the properties of a real Biological Warfare agent

#ColdWar #PortonDown The massive bacterial cloud was carried onshore by the prevailing wind and travelled across Weymouth and Portland, where it was sampled by mobile teams of Porton Scientists.

The bacterial samples were incubated at the Control Site at Fleet, near Weymouth, Dorset.

#ColdWar #PortonDown

OTD 1963, the Admiralty ship ETV ICEWHALE sailed from Portland Naval Base to nearby Weymouth Bay.

At 18.20 ICEWHALE sailed a straight-line track across Weymouth Bay, covertly spraying massive amounts of two types of live bacteria - E.coli MRE162 & Bacillus globigii spores.

CANBERRA TANKER AIRBORNE ICING FACILITIES [Main Title] Film focusing on Canberra WV787, a unique aircraft specially modified for trials work, participating in icing trials at the Aeroplane and Armament Expermimental Establishment at Boscombe Down.

#ColdWar #PortonDown The dual use Canberra aircraft (WV787) was developed jointly for use by A&AEE Boscombe Down as an icing research aircraft and by the Microbiological Research Establishment, Porton Down for use as in Biological Warfare research as a spray source.

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#PortonDown #ColdWar The uncensored version of the Porton Down 'flagship' film - The Lyme Bay Trials. It shows the procedures adopted by military scientists from Porton Down when conducting their infamous Biological Warfare experiments on the South Coast of the UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTwQ...

Crikey, this VX is frightening stuff. #PortonDown

Locked on to BBC Four and a fascinating look at #PortonDown

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'60s era Dr Who out-takes?

Nope.

This film shows 'rushes' from a series of 'human observer' experiments on the Porton Range, conducted in the mid '60s.

A Gloster Meteor sprays CW simulant on troops positioned on the Porton Range, near Salisbury.

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#PortonDown #ColdWar 59 years ago today, UK military scientists sprayed massive amounts of two types of live bacteria over populated areas of South Dorset.

E.coli MRE162 (isolated from a Porton lavatory); & Bacillus globigii (BG) supplied by the US Army Biological Warfare facility at Fort Detrick.

Thanks @BBCSpringwatch for such a wonderful visit to #PortonDown. I'll never forget meeting Lady Orchid for first time @Love_plants

Catch me achieving a lifetime ambition as l get to meet the unique flora of #PortonDown @BBCSpringwatch tonight @Love_plants