Gallery: The Lovely British Scenery Where the Plague and Anthrax Once Rained

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    Gruniard Island, Scotland. Former military testing site for anthrax.
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    Harpur Hill, Derbyshire, England. Former mine explosion test quarry where mustard gas was stored and assembled.
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    Hullavington, Wiltshire, England. Former Royal Air Force Base and testing site for zinc cadmium sulfide. Today it's a go-kart center.
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    Sandown Bay, Isle of Wight, England. Testing site for simulates of pneumonic and bubonic plague.
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    Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, England. Former military depot where mustard and lewisite gas were stored. Today, the land is used for cattle grazing.
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    Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland. Farming land where pneumonic and bubonic plague were sprayed.
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    Yatesbury, Wiltshire, England. Former Royal Air Force Base where zinc cadmium sulfide was sprayed.
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    Avonmouth, Bristol, England. Former National Smelting Works and chemical factory where precursor of chlorine gas was made. Today, it's a supermarket distribution center.
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    Grangemouth, Falkirk, Scotland. Former Royal Air Force Base where mustard gas was stored. Today, it's a petrochemical processing facility.
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    Whipton, Devon, England. Former chemical weapons decontamination center. Now it's a housing estate.
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    Wigg Island, England. Former chemical industry facility where mustard gas was produced. It's now a public park.
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    Woodside, Flintshire, Wales. Former chemical weapons underground facility storing mustard gas. Today, farmers raise grouse here.
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