Another scientist involved in disease control has been
killed. David Banks was the principal scientist with
Biosecurity Australia and was involved in containing pest
and disease threats. He died along with 15 other people when
the commuter plane he was traveling in went down in
Queensland, Australia.
The communications manager at Biosecurity Australia
described it as a devastating loss for the country. His
primary mission was protecting livestock and plants in the
country, and keeping diseases from crossing into Australia.
He was an expert in the propagation of diseases by insect
vectors, among other things.
Since January of 2004, more than twenty scientists are known
to have died in accidents, under suspicious circumstances,
or been murdered.
Tom Thorne and Beth Williams, prominent experts on chronic
wasting disease, were killed on December 29, 2004, in a road
accident.
In November, the former head of the Infectious Diseases Unit
of the National Institute of Allegies and Infectuous
Diseases died in Mexico, with no cause of death given.
In October, Matthew Allison was killed by an explosion in
his car, either due to a bomb or a self-induced explosion.
He had degrees in microbiology and biotechnology but was not
apparently involved in the field when he died.
In August, Dr. John Clark, an expert in animal science who
developed the techniques that led to the creation of Dolly
the sheep, the first cloned animal, was found hanged in his
home.
In July, Dr. John Badwey, a biochemist at Harvard Medical
School, developed a pneumonia that could not be diagnosed
and died.
In June, Dr. John Mullen, a McDonnell Douglas nuclear
scientist on contract to Boeing, was killed by a massive
dose of arsenic. Also in June, Dallas county's chief
epidemiologist, Dr. Assefa Tulu, died of a hemmorhagic
stroke, believed to be an accidental death.
Dr. Eugene Mallove, an alternative energy expert and cold
fusion researcher, was beaten to death in May near his home.
He had just published a letter stating that it was only a
matter of months before the world would see a free energy
device.
Also in May, the body of senior programming analyist William
T. McGuire, was found in three suitcases in and around the
Chesapeake Bay. His murder remains unsolved, and no motive
has been uncovered. He was an adjunct professor at the New
Jersey Institute of Technology.
In March, Louisiana State University emeritus professor of
microbiology Dr. Vadake Srinivasan died in an auto accident
apparently caused by a stroke.
In January of 2004, Dr. Michael Patrick Kiley, an expert on
Mad Cow and Ebola died of unexpected heart failure, and Dr.
Robert Shope, a virus expert died of lung transplant
complications.
In October of 2003, another LSU professor, West Nile
researcher Michael Perich, died in a single-vehicle car
accident.
In July of 2003, British biological weapons expert David
Kelly died after allegedly slashing his own wrists while
walking near his home. He was the Ministry of Defence's
chief scientific officer and senior adviser on biological
weapons to the UN biological weapons inspection teams in Iraq.
Dr. Leland Rickman, an expert on infectious diseases and
consultant on bioterrorism at the University of California
at San Diego died during a visit to Lesotho.
The list is a long one, and it goes on. Since 2001, there
have been 47 such deaths reported outside of Iraq, and
reputedly numerous scientsts in Iraq who worked on Saddam
Hussein's weapons programs have been assassinated.
This article was gathered from numerous sources. To read
about the recent death of David Banks,
click here.
Steve Quayle maintains an ongoing list of scientists dying
under suspicious circumstances.
Click
here.
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