From the U.S. Government Accountability Office, www.gao.gov Transcript for: Risk of Incomplete Inactivation of Pathogens--Anthrax Example Description: The timeframes and locations DOD sent anthrax throughout the world. Related GAO Work: GAO-16-642; High-Containment Laboratories: Improved Oversight of Dangerous Pathogens Needed to Mitigate Risk Released: September 2016 [Image: Biohazard symbol in black] DOD sent anthrax samples to 194 labs worldwide. [Image: Biohazard symbol in red] The samples were labeled "inactivated" but they were live. [Image: Map of Utah and surrounding states. A red dot, placed over Utah, marks the point of origin.] A DOD lab in Utah... [Image: Map of mainland U.S. and nine other countries (from top to bottom): Japan, Canada, Germany, Norway, Australia, South Korea, United Kingdom, Switzerland, and Italy. Red lines between the point of origin and various endpoints.] ... sent the samples to 88 initial labs around the world. [Image: Yellow dots are placed over the locations of additional labs.] Then those labs sent the samples to an additional 106 labs. The total number of other incidents is unknown for several reasons. [Image: GAO logo] Learn more in our report, GAO-16-642. Sources: GAO analysis of Department of Defense (DOD) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data. | GAO-16-642