Hideo Shimizu, now 95, recalls his traumatic 4½ months as a teenager in Unit 731, a Japanese biological and chemical warfare unit during WWII, where he was recruited at age 14 and assigned to the education department at its Harbin headquarters.
The US plans to breed and release billions of sterile flies to combat the flesh-eating screwworm pest threatening livestock and wildlife, using environmentally friendly methods that have previously eradicated the pest in North America.
The U.S. plans to breed and release billions of sterile flies to combat the flesh-eating screwworm fly, a pest threatening livestock and wildlife, using environmentally friendly methods that have historically been effective in eradication efforts, with new facilities planned in Mexico and Texas to prevent re-infestation.