The U.S. studied using insects to spread illness during the 1950s.
Evidence
All through the 1950s, Dale Jenkins and other Fort Detrick scientists worked on ways to use mosquitoes and other insects to make people sick. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 1040
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 1040
- XREF: connects to: The U.S. recommended intensified biological warfare research in 1951. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 139; A committee report from 1950 focused on biological warfare strategies. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 137; Paul J. Wuest studied tobacco diseases under a U.S. biological-warfare program. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 121
Library Connections
- The U.S. recommended intensified biological warfare research in 1951.
#expands(0.85) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 139
Broader Connections
- A committee report from 1950 focused on biological warfare strategies.
#expands(0.80) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 137 - Paul J. Wuest studied tobacco diseases under a U.S. biological-warfare program.
#exemplifies(0.75) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 121