Improve your vocabulary Words in News Deadly discovery in US labs Six deadly substances, some over a century old, have been discovered in government laboratories in the United States. The deadly microbes were found in a hunt that started after the accidental discovery in July of bottles of smallpox at a research center near Washington. Transcript: A number of long-forgotten deadly microbes have been uncovered in US government laboratories. Workers searching the government premises found six different types of microbes classed as being so dangerous theyre required to be stored at high-secure facilities. Instead, they were found in regular laboratories. They included vials of ricin the plague and a rare tropical infection, a highly poisonous toxin and pathogens that cause botulism, found in a box with microbes thought to be 85 to 100 years old. Officials from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) said some of its laboratories were cleared to use poisonous substances and were checked regularly. But the recent finds were from historical collections that were once allowed to be stored without regulation. Authorities said although the microbes had not been stored correctly, they had been properly sealed, so posed no danger to staff. They have all been destroyed. ☆More new words to be added to your ‘Vocabulary Notebook’…☆ Premises: Buildings and land used by an organization or business. Microbes: Small living things that can only be seen with a microscope. Facilities: (here) buildings containing equipment used for a particular activity. The plague: A disease, usually deadly, that quickly spreads to lots of people. Toxins: Poisonous substances. Botulism: Serious illness caused by eating food that has gone bad. Vial: Small bottle for keeping medicine or other liquids in. Posed: Caused (a problem). https://facebook/#!/groups/259141344245979/ https://facebook/#!/groups/801741773174164/
Posted on: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 20:09:29 +0000
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