Quarantine Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Gruinard Island, 1942β1990 (anthrax)=== In 1942, during [[World War II]], British forces tested out their biological weapons program on [[Gruinard Island]] and infected it with [[anthrax]]. Subsequently, a quarantine order was placed on the island. The quarantine was lifted in 1990,<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1457035.stm Britain's 'Anthrax Island'], 25 July 2001 ''news.bbc.co.uk'', accessed 5 March 2020</ref> when the island was declared safe, and a flock of sheep was released onto the island. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page