LETTERS

Readers question linking South Africa with biological warfare research
A remark in the article by Pierce Hollingsworth entitled “Hot Topics Address Today’s Issues” (August, p. 62) has caused some concern among members of the South African Association for Food Science and Technology. The paragraph that has caused this reaction (p. 63) reads “With the break-up of the Soviet Union, many of these scientists who have prepared weapons-grade anthrax and smallpox are displaced and possibly working for I…