This episode of Scary Science finds Hannah and Denver discussing Bacillus anthracis, which possesses the A/B toxin, Anthrax toxin. Background on the history of B. anthracis along with the four infection routes lead up to two historical events for this bacterium. These two disaster are very different from each other. One is a coverup and the other the causative agent of why Anthrax is common knowledge in the United States.

Sources:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12745053/

https://www.cell.com/trends/microbiology/fulltext/S0966-842X(04)00270-7?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0966842X04002707%3Fshowall%3Dtrue

https://www.cdc.gov/anthrax/index.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20131020040629/http://www.documents.hps.scot.nhs.uk/giz/anthrax-outbreak/anthrax-outbreak-report-2011-12.pdf

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5510a4.htm

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/amerithrax-or-anthrax-investigation