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A tour of the history of biological and chemical warfare
34 Bonus Episode: Experience of a Porton Down Test Veteran with Ian Foulkes
Poisons and Pestilence
48 minutes 42 seconds
1 year ago
34 Bonus Episode: Experience of a Porton Down Test Veteran with Ian Foulkes
In this episode I talk about Ian's experience as a Porton Down research volunteer as a serviceman during the 1980's. Ian is eager to contact other former veterans - please email be directly at Bwie20[@]bath.ac.uk.
The most substantive publicly available report on this subject, which we are aware of, is published here:
[ARCHIVED CONTENT] Defence Internet | About Defence | Historical Survey of the Porton Down Servce Vounteer Programme 1939-1989 (nationalarchives.gov.uk)
You can also find details of the cohort medical study here: The Porton Down Veterans Cohort Study | King's College London (kcl.ac.uk)
Poisons and Pestilence
A tour of the history of biological and chemical warfare
