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spooked911 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-03-10 06:44 PM
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Silicon in anthrax
Interesting in light of the extremely high levels of silicon found in the anthrax attack powder:

http://anthraxvaccine.blogspot.com/2010/04/technologies-underlying-weapons-of-mass.html

In 1993 the US Government knew that silicon was used to enhance dispersal of powdered microbial agents and toxins. OTA produced some very useful research, but the agency no longer exists.

U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, Technologies Underlying Weapons of Mass Destruction, OTA-BP-ISC-115 (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, December 1993).

CHEMICAL ADDITIVES
The stability of a microbial aerosol can be
increased by adding a variety of compounds to the
spray material.58 Moreover, antiagglomerants such
as colloidal silica help prevent the clumping of
freeze-dried microbial agents and toxins that have
been milled into a fine powder.

"Agricultural research on biological pesticides, such as the insect-killing bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis, has provided much information on methods for stabilizing bacterial agents in the field. For example, new formulations of B. thuringiensis have been developed that extend the life of the disseminated bacteria by means of ultraviolet protestants and other additives that ensure compatibility with existing agricultural sprayers.



MICROENCAPSULATION

Another approach to stabilization, known as microencapsulation, emulates natural spore formation by coating droplets of pathogens or particles of toxin with a thin coat of gelatin, sodium alginate, cellulose, or some other protective material. (An industrial example of microencapsulation is the production of carbonless carbon paper, in which ink droplets are coated in this manner. Microencapsulation can be performed with physical or chemical methods. (citation omitted)

Microencapsulation production methods can be set up to generate particles of a selected size range (e.g., 5 to 10 microns). The polymer coating protects the infectious agent against environmental stresses such as desiccation, sunlight, freezing, and the mechanical stresses of dissemination, and permits cold-storage of microbial pathogens for several months.” Microcapsules can be charged electrostatically to reduce particle clumping during dissemination, or ultraviolet blocking pigments can be added to the microcapsule to protect microorganisms against degradation by sunlight. Once in the target environment, such as the interior of the lung, the polymer coating dissolves, releasing the agent. Microencapsulation can also be applied to toxins, making them more stable, predictable, and safer to handle.”
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The idea is that the anthrax spores were in fact "weaponized" with silicon-- but in a very novel way-- a high-tech form of weaponization that could not have been done by Bruce Ivins.
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spooked Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-18-10 09:42 PM
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1. Listen to THIS Interview before it Disappears!
It's an amazing interview!

DESCRIPTION:

"Attorney Barry Kissin discusses the anthrax atacks of September 2001 and the perpetrators; Amerithrax, the FBI's investigation into the anthrax attacks and its cover-up of these events; the FBI case against the late Bruce Ivins of Ft. Detrick; the US biowarfare military industrial intelligence complex; government sponsored bio-weapons research in private military contractor laboratories; Battelle Memorial Institute in Ohio; the Dugway Proving Ground in Utah; the weaponization of anthrax; the new biowarfare arms race. He is the author of a 22-page memorandum to Congressman Rush Holt of New Jersey, "The Truth About the Anthrax Attacks and Its Cover-Up."



http://kpfa.org/archive/id/59639
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spooked Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-18-10 09:58 PM
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2. The interview explains...
Edited on Sun Apr-18-10 10:02 PM by spooked
just how weaponized the anthrax was, and how there is no way Bruce Ivins had access to that type of process...

So weaponized it was more like a GAS...
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