Zinc cadmium was used to simulate anthrax in dispersal tests.

Evidence

Actually, the Minneapolis foggings were part of an ambitious series of experiments meant to find out how clouds of anthrax and other airborne diseases would behave over Russian cities. … Zinc cadmium sulfide dust was the simulant for anthrax, useful because it was fluorescent under ultraviolet light, and Minneapolis was the simulant for Kiev, in Soviet Russia. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 268

Categorization

• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 268
• XREF: connects to: Minneapolis participated in government tests with zinc cadmium particles. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 267; The American germ warfare program targeted various diseases including anthrax. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 139

Broader Connections

• The American germ warfare program targeted various diseases including anthrax. #expands (0.75) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 139