0 0 8 ▁sc old ed ▁the ▁military ▁for ▁ce asing ▁the ▁effort . ▁ ▁In ▁civil ian ▁ven ues ▁Medical ▁experiments ▁were ▁conducted ▁on ▁a ▁large ▁scale ▁on ▁civ ili ans ▁who ▁had ▁not ▁cons ented ▁to ▁particip ate . ▁ ▁O ften , ▁these ▁experiments ▁took ▁place ▁in ▁urban ▁areas ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁test ▁disp ersion ▁methods . ▁ ▁Question s ▁were ▁raised ▁about ▁det r iment al ▁health ▁effects ▁after ▁experiments ▁in ▁San ▁Francisco , ▁California , ▁were ▁followed ▁by ▁a ▁sp ike ▁in ▁hospital ▁vis its ; ▁however , ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7 ▁the ▁Cent ers ▁for ▁D ise ase ▁Control ▁and ▁Pre vention ▁determined ▁that ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁association ▁between ▁the ▁testing ▁and ▁the ▁occurrence ▁of ▁p neum onia ▁or ▁influen za . ▁The ▁San ▁Francisco ▁test ▁involved ▁a ▁U . S . ▁Navy ▁ship ▁that ▁sp rayed ▁Ser rat ia ▁mar ces c ens ▁from ▁the ▁bay ; ▁it ▁tra ve led ▁more ▁than ▁ 3 0 ▁miles . ▁One ▁disp ersion ▁test ▁involved ▁labor atory ▁personnel ▁dis gu ised ▁as ▁passengers ▁sp ray ing ▁har ml ess ▁b acter ia ▁in ▁Washington ▁National ▁Airport . ▁ ▁Scient ists ▁tested ▁bi ological ▁path og ens , ▁including ▁Bac ill us ▁glob ig ii , ▁which ▁were ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁har ml ess , ▁at ▁public ▁places ▁such ▁as ▁sub ways . ▁Light ▁bul bs ▁containing ▁Bac ill us ▁glob ig ii ▁were ▁dropped ▁in ▁ ▁New ▁York ▁City ' s ▁sub way ▁system ; ▁the