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Published online 29 June 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050627-10

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Bioterror paper gets online

Analysis of poisoned milk supply makes it past government protests.

A paper that analyses a hypothetical poison attack on the United States has been published despite the government's objections.

The paper's authors modelled the health and economic losses that would result if a terrorist poisoned the US milk supply with the botulinum toxin.

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