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A ground-breaking book that traces Canada1s pioneering role in the development of biological weapons -- including insidious gases, germs, poisons, and viruses -- before, during, and immediately after the Second World War. Discover how Canada mass-produced deadly anthrax at a secret island lab in the St. Lawrence River and permitted hundreds of volunteers to be exposed to lung-searing mustard gas at a research station in Alberta. With 8 pages of photos, it1s a story of ingenuity, heroism, and horror, culled from files that had been closed for almost half a century. 3A strong book... a book to be reckoned with.2