Atlanta ( CNN ) -- The leader of one of the labs linked to an accidental anthrax exposure at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been reassigned , CDC spokesman Tom Skinner says . Skinner would not confirm the name of the person who was reassigned . Skinner said the agency is still investigating how as many as 86 Atlanta-based workers were possibly exposed to anthrax . The workers are being monitored and provided antibiotics . `` Based on most of the potential exposure scenarios , the risk of infection is very low , '' the agency said in a statement last week . `` CDC believes that other CDC staff , family members , and the general public are not at risk of exposure and do not need to take any protective action . '' Early reports showed that a lab did not adequately inactivate samples , which were then moved and used for experimentation in three laboratories not equipped to handle live Bacillus anthracis , or anthrax . Believing the samples were inactivated , workers in those labs did not don adequate protective equipment , the CDC said . The unintentional exposure was discovered June 13 . What to know about anthrax . Sometime between then and June 6 , procedures in two of the three labs may have aerosolized the spores , the CDC said . Hallway and lab areas were decontaminated . There are three types of anthrax infection : cutaneous ( through the skin ) , inhalation ( through the lungs ) and gastrointestinal ( through digestion ) . Early symptoms can suggest the flu . `` In the worst-case scenarios , literally , within a day or two of exposure , if you 've inhaled spores and if they are very lethal , one begins to get -- as they say -- the standard flu symptoms -- high fever , malaise , '' said Leonard Cole , a bioterrorism expert . `` You get lazy . You feel sick . You get headaches . You get bone aches . `` And then after a day or two , in the worst case , if you do n't get treatment , it could be lethal for you , and beyond treatment , '' he said . The CDC said disciplinary action , as necessary , will be taken . The agency will also review safety protocol with employees . The FBI is aware of the incident and coordinating with officials at the CDC as they investigate , said FBI spokesman Christopher Allen . `` It is CDC 's obligation to ensure that people feel safe and are safe in the workplace and the community as we conduct our life-saving laboratory work . We will report findings of this investigation and all steps we take to improve lab-safety processes as a result of this incident , '' the agency 's statement said . CNN 's Jake Tapper and Miriam Falco contributed to this report .
NEW : Team members at CDC lab reassigned during anthrax investigation . As many as 86 Atlanta CDC workers may have been exposed to it . They are being treated , and there is no risk to the affected , CDC workers .