GlaxoSmithKline Released 45 Liters of Live Polio Virus

Posted by Soulskill on Friday October 3, 2014 @07:09AM from the what-could-possibly-go-wrong dept.

ferespo sends this news out of Belgium: As reported to ECDC by Belgian authorities, on 2 September 2014, following a human error, 45 liters of concentrated live polio virus solution were released into the environment by the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline in Rixensart city, Belgium. The liquid was conducted directly to a water-treatment plant (Rosieres) and released after treatment in river Lasne affluent of river Dyle which is affluent of the Escaut/Scheldt river. Belgium's High Council of Public Health conducted a risk assessment that concluded that the risk of infection for the population exposed to the contaminated water is extremely low due to the high level of dilution and the high vaccination coverage (95%) in Belgium.

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Homeopathy by Anonymous Coward · 2014-10-03 07:36 · Score: 5, Funny

Homeopaths claim that a very diluted concentration of something harmful can actually be used to treat the symptoms it causes. So GlaxoSmithKline has just created the most potent homeopathic remedy for polio known to man!
Re:Booster shots by wirefarm · 2014-10-03 08:57 · Score: 5, Funny

You could call this "viral marketing"?
(sorry.)

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