• The Referee Module No. 2 of the Whole System Live Agent Test at the Dugway Proving Ground in Dugway, Utah, is seen Feb. 19. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating that aspect of what went wrong at the Army installation, which sent live anthrax to government and commercial labs in nine states across the U.S., an Army lab in South Korea, and, it was reported Monday, three labs in Canada. | KRISTIN MURPHY / THE DESERET NEWS VIA AP
    The Referee Module No. 2 of the Whole System Live Agent Test at the Dugway Proving Ground in Dugway, Utah, is seen Feb. 19. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating that aspect of what went wrong at the Army installation, which sent live anthrax to government and commercial labs in nine states across the U.S., an Army lab in South Korea, and, it was reported Monday, three labs in Canada. | KRISTIN MURPHY / THE DESERET NEWS VIA AP

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WASHINGTON – Live anthrax samples were shipped to three laboratories in Canada by a U.S. military lab, USA Today reported on Monday, following disclosures last week that samples of the bacteria were mistakenly sent to 11 U.S. states and two other countries.

The newspaper cited two Defense Department officials as saying the samples sent to Canada came from the Dugway Proving Ground in Utah, where the other samples appear to trace back to as well. It is one of the U.S. military labs responsible for inactivation and shipping of biological material.

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