The Economic Times

In WWII, one Scottish island became a secret British bioweapon site, stayed toxic for 50 years. Now it is a popular tourist spot

A picturesque island in the Scottish Highlands, degenerated into a contaminated wasteland during the Second World War. The British government selected the Gruinard Island as testing grounds for biological weapons during the Second World War. In 1942, Wonston Churchill ordered scientists t Porton Down to develop a biological weapon for Britain using the bacterium Bacillus anthracis.