BioWatch technology couldn't detect lethal germs, tests found
Monday, October 22, 2012 - 23:30
in Biology & Nature
Scientists say the U.S. biological defense system relied on kits that were far less able to help detect lethal germs than officials thought.WASHINGTON — For two years, the nationwide BioWatch system, intended to protect Americans against a biological attack, operated with defective components that left it unable to detect lethal germs, according to scientists with direct knowledge of the matter.