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Circumstantial evidence, backed by tests, indicates that through a "unique" combination of temperature and time, staphylococcus bacteria from the slicer transferred to the meat and produced a poisonous toxin, Moore explained...
According to his theory, the lapse of approximately three hours between slicing and serving of the roast beef gives the bacteria just enough time to form the toxin. The staphylococcus bacteria is found in the air everywhere, Moore said...
...result of this analysis, the dining halls department has cut down the interval between slicing and serving to make it impossible for any poisonous toxin to form...
...agreement with his colleague, Dr. Moore held the cause of the epidemic as emanating from toxin generating sta-phylococus bacteria. He was forced to qualify this judgment, however, since he had no cultures of the suspected food to work...
...said Zacharias, now has atom bombs 50 times more powerful than those that fell on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But there are other weapons in the new alphabet of destruction: 1) bacteriological bombs containing either botulinus toxin or psittacosis virus; 2) a U.S. -developed biological spray that "can wipe out all forms of life in a large city"; 3) some sort of military application of cosmic rays which is now, he thought, being developed by Russian scientists...