Porton Down is a science and defence technology campus in Wiltshire, England, just north-east of the village of Porton, near Salisbury. It is home to two...
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tested positive at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory at Porton Down for a "very rare" nerve agent, according to the UK Home Secretary. 180...
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investigation into experiments conducted on humans at the British government's Porton Down research establishment between 1939 and 1989. Several cases were sent...
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(BW). A former head of the Defence Microbiology Division working at Porton Down, Kelly was part of a joint US-UK team that inspected civilian biotechnology...
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Harvey Boulter (section Porton Group)
chairman and chief executive of Porton Group, a venture capital group. He came to public prominence in 2011 through the Porton Group’s legal case with 3M which...
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settlement in Idmiston civil parish. The village gives its name to the nearby Porton Down military science park, which is home to the Defence Science and Technology...
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their outlook. In 2016 he presented the BBC Four documentary Inside Porton Down: Britain's Secret Weapons Research Facility. Mosley, along with a group...
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at Porton Down, in Wiltshire, England. After substantial controversy, his death was the subject of an inquest 51 years after the event. Porton Down had...
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Porton Down SSSI is a 1,559-hectare (3,850-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest which spans the border between Hampshire and Wiltshire...
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carried out on Gruinard by scientists from the Biology Department of Porton Down. The test was conducted as part of Operation Vegetarian, an ultimately...
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known as the DICE trials. The tests were conducted by scientists from Porton Down, initially using zinc cadmium sulfide (ZnCdS) as a simulated agent. Early...
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Industry: 118. G B Carter. Porton Down: a brief history. G B Carter (2000). Chemical and Biological Defence at Porton Down 1916–2000. The Stationery Office...
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work at Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI). It was developed further at Porton Down in England during the early 1950s, based on research first done by Gerhard...
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and 9 October 1957. Operation Antler (Porton Down investigation), the investigation into events at Porton Down in the period from 1939 to 1989 This disambiguation...
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investigated by the Allies in the 1940s. In 1942, British scientists at Porton Down began research on Operation Vegetarian, an ultimately unused biowarfare...
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involving use of mustard gas carried out by British scientists from Porton Down on hundreds of soldiers from the British Indian Army. These experiments...
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fictitious UK government research laboratory, satirising the secret Porton Down chemical and biological warfare establishment. (New Scientist wanted...
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feasibility of Operation Vegetarian began in 1942 with the director of the Porton Down biology department, Paul Fildes. He was ordered to find appropriate suppliers...
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National Archives revealed that during the 20th century, scientists from Porton Down conducted experiments on British and Indian soldiers to test the effects...
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crash on Salisbury plain, near the chemical warfare establishment at Porton Down. They suspect a high level cover-up involving the death of the scientist...
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nation of the United Kingdom) go on a suicide mission to break into Porton Down and release the biological weapons, hoping it will wipe out the Crossed...
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from the other leg. These samples were sent for further analysis at the Porton Down chemical and biological weapons laboratory. There, David Gall, the Research...
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recreational use). The plastic baton round was developed in the UK by Porton Down scientists and intended for use against rioters in Northern Ireland during...
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from its overlapping isopropyl radicals), was invented in the 1950s at Porton Down in the United Kingdom. Ranajit Ghosh, a chemist at the Plant Protection...
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album and his last release on the Charisma label. The song "Porton Down" refers to the Porton Down military research facility in Wiltshire, England, while...
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researchers at the British chemical and biological defense laboratories at Porton Down, Wiltshire, England, indicated two fentanyl derivatives were used. Neither...
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trials undertaken by the British government in 1952. Scientists from Porton Down and the Royal Navy were involved in releasing biological agents, including...
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Defence Science and Technology Laboratory at Porton Down (much of whose work is secret), Boscombe Down airfield, and Middle Wallop Army Air Corps Base...
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of Conflans) The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970) as Guide at Porton Down Simon, Simon (1970) as Fireman Man in the Wilderness (1971) as Ferris...
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Employers' Federation...spent the past year gaining work experience at Dstl Porton Down in Wiltshire as part of the Year in Industry scheme. The scheme gives...
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