US military 'shipped live anthrax via post' to other labs

Biological warfare scientists accidentally shipped deadly live anthrax spores to other military labs across the United States, it has emerged.

US news network CNN broke the news that the samples were inadvertently shipped between a site in Dugway, Utah, and labs in nine other states,

The Pentagon has confirmed the incident, saying that the samples were supposed to be inactive and has insisted that there was no risk to the public.