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Science Gone WrongJun 08, 2026

The Filter Nobody Replaced

The Filter Nobody Replaced Sverdlovsk, USSR. April 2, 1979. A technician at Compound 19 pulled a clogged anthrax filter. He left a note for the next shift. The note was never seen. The drying machine ran with no filter. At least 68 people downwind died of inhalation anthrax — the Soviets blamed tainted meat for 13 years.

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