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The U.S. government secretly tested biological agents over San Francisco in the 1950s, exposing unsuspecting citizens to dangerous pathogens. Decades later, the impact on public health continues to raise concerns.

Newly uncovered documents reveal the U.S. military’s covert 1950 biological weapons test in San Francisco, exposing the release of bacteria over the city to study dispersal—a revelation sparking public health and ethical concerns.