Exclusive: Inside the defence labs that deal with the world's most deadly substances

People have been trying to poison each other for millennia so the need for new ways to deal with chemical, biological and radiological threats is as real today as it's ever been.
BFBS Forces News was granted an exclusive look behind the normally sealed doors of Dstl - the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory.
We stepped inside the suits the scientists use to work on the most deadly substances and discover brand-new research which could save personnel from an infectious disease that's plagued the military for decades.
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[@Connor-Colyer]

“Remember, that’s plague”

[@haifutter4166]

No pressure at all. 😂 As a lab technician myself its always funny to watch clumsy people in the lab. They allways underestimate how precise every movement has to be in environments that should stay sterile.

[@dammitdan106]

It's likely just buffer solution with same molecular weight, color and viscosity used to grow the bacteria, not actual *Y. pestis.*

[@chrismac2234]

He did say "if this was for real"

[@顏梅王]

Dstl

[@Kado1609]

try to keep us safe by making gain of function research and then proceed to use the viruses you've altered in labs and put it into the public... (corona virus)

[@JettisonTheSupreme]

The professor was not impressed with the poor reporter lol

[@Вивсівідстій]

That’s because the journalist is an ignoramus asking stupid questions.

[@Scythl]

​@@Вивсівідстійno she is trying to communicate what they do to people who don't know the basics, which is absolutely a worthwhile endeavour. The professor was showing how hard the work is and how careful you must be

[@ScotlandTheBrave_1]

He’s not even got goggles on so he can’t even talk

[@honkeykong9563]

If he wasn't impressed he wouldn't have told her that he must now examine her for contagion and he's afraid she will have to be rather naked.

[@kawardt6784]

@@ВивсівідстійI think she's great, so dont think too highly about yourself russian boy

[@nearestyoutube]

I used to work in a Containment Level 3, microbiologist as well. That guy is so serious lol, but in this case I think that's a good thing. Right sort of person in this field

BSL3 or is that Canuckistan nomenclature?

[@dammitdan106]

Lay people have zero idea how sloppy and arrogant "scientists" can be when handling pathogens, isotopes and toxic chemicals. The P3, now called BSL3 facility demonstrated here has engineered redundancy to contain more handling mishaps, thank God.

[@HULLGRAFFITI]

When they have something like bubonic plague do they keep a sample from decades ago frozen and keep dipping into it or keep 'growing' new samples from what I assume would be an original sample ? and do these things come in strength or qualities or is bubonic plague just the same thing the world over ? Cheers

[@CausticLemons7]

@@HULLGRAFFITI Good question. I wonder if they keep something like original strain and mutated samples.

[@predatortheme]

@@CausticLemons7 i would think so, there are institutes which have 50 year old straits up to the newest strains of certain bacterias stored with every generation inbetween for especially these purposes and seeing how bacteria evolve

[@Thataussiebattler]

In you come Hanna! "Coughs on her". Hilarious.

[@SilentStudioExplores]

Twice now...😅

[@Jonathan_Doe_]

“You found it difficult to get the tops off”… Maybe come up with a system where people don’t have to unscrew tiny lids one handed then.

[@ScotlandTheBrave_1]

They already exist, my lab has them

[@mrslinkydragon9910]

It's not that hard, hold the thing with the ring and little finger, use the index and thumb to unscrew the cap

[@lagrangiankid378]

It just takes a little practice. It's not that difficult.

[@SaveUsfromHarris]

If you can crack an egg in two separate halves with one hand without breaking the yolk your good.

[@TheTerribleGamingzone]

The less tools, the less waste or decontamination

[@erickhuntsman240]

I can't imagine the stress of working in one of these labs. especially the first few years. you're stretching to reach something and feel air being pushed into your suit. dropped a sharp and pierced the suit. etc etc

[@aliencrafter_]

Luckily you'd feel the air leaving your suit, not any better psychologically but eh

[@MostlyPennyCat]

My wife could've worked there when she graduated, in the hot labs. In the end she chose to pursue her career in the NHS

[@Bluetoothedshark]

My half sister qualified as a lab scientist. She then went back to university and got paramedic qualified and became a paramedic in the Newcastle area. I don't really know her, but I'm proud of her.

[@iliaviwara1442]

That pathway is better and safer.

[@MostlyPennyCat]

@@Bluetoothedshark Good for you and her then, buddy. It's good when people's careers come together. What do you do?

[@MostlyPennyCat]

@@iliaviwara1442 What, the NHS? Yep! Much safer.

[@stun5700]

Cheers dits

[@ChasinTheLife]

How cool and scary would that job be! Kudos to these people that work behind the scenes to keep us safe.

[@Daimo83]

Man made horrors beyond my comprehension

[@ex1tium]

Not disagreeing with you but most of this stuff nature made first and mankind weaponized them, technology is just about to reach the point where we can create our own designs from scratch. Scary stuff. I truly do not miss the bio/chemical/nuclear drills we had to go through in the military. I'd rather take the exit by nuclear warhead than any of the bio/chemical weapon stuff.

[@SilentStudioExplores]

Creating new hazards and creating a cure for it at the same time 😅

[@HULLGRAFFITI]

Pathogens are natural , It's not 'man made' it's 'man controlled'

[@sid35gb]

No it’s what occurs in nature that is scary. All it takes is something to crawl out of the extreme environments of the world. Zoonotic disease is terrifying if you knew what drives it you would realise how dangerous animal agriculture and eating animals is to our health. all the pandemics that have occurred around the world have come from diseases transmitted from animals to humans.

[@georgemorley1029]

Plague?

[@mrelectronicsdude]

Fascinating insight to DSTL. Thanks for showing us.

[@markdiii]

real life "Umbrella Corporation"

[@jz9201]

I hope not 😅

[@Kielbasa_Starmer]

I had the chance to see behind the curtain as a contractor of BSL-4 at Porton Down under armed guard, bound by NDA and secrecy act but what an eye opener. Glad they're on our side.

[@ge2623]

For now.

[@Kielbasa_Starmer]

@@ge2623 believe me it won't come from them

[@danielfreeman1204]

They are NOT on our side.....

[@TSHKKRipper]

Once they are out of lab, you never know whose side they will be.

[@Kielbasa_Starmer]

@@TSHKKRipper with the level of security, qualification and vetting they have and the fact they're just like the rest of us I'm confident. The heads of department and owners are the one's to be wary of

[@davidmonkman6677]

Good that we have people trying to protect us from pathogens

[@jackmehauf542]

No 😂 their working on making them more deadly and getting anti virus for the weapons they create! Their weapons!

[@I-am-not-a-number]

Whilst making pathogens.

[@I-am-not-a-number]

@robertstallard7836 What could possibly go wrong?

[@_c_y_p_3]

@@I-am-not-a-number in the three years since you became an expert conspiracy pusher it would only take you a few months to take the basic courses so you could have the competence to speak on this topic, which you obviously lack.

[@I-am-not-a-number]

@@_c_y_p_3 what conspiracy are you referring too?

[@Monkey_D_Luffy56]

They shouldn't allowed carefree journalist on these kind of facilities. It's quite frightening how she acts like it's just a play pretend

[@MrMoo272]

it was just play pretend. You think they'd go through the hassle of making 4 levels of containment and then just let anyone in and use it? I can almost assure you that every room she walked through contained no accessible pathogens or toxins.

[@Deoxyskian]

yeah

[@DJAlexParker]

1:20 blurring out coat rail lol, then unblurring

[@pjg_77]

Play it again slowly. The one on the left wall, you can see name tags in white blurred out.

[@buddytoups1129]

Guessing the wohan lab skipped one of the doors.

[@nemesiswes426]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Aztesticals]

I know that's a joke. But like you know the whole pandemic I'd because rich Chinese millionaires snort pangolin scales and eat raw bats at an aphrodisiac to get hard. That's not a joke. They snorted covid

[@km077]

more like all of 'em💀

[@volkerkalhoefer3973]

They overhauled their ventilation systems in Sept. 2019😇

[@analogueoverdigital929]

😂😂😂 I'm impressed this comment is still up. 👏

[@gadgetgus]

⚠️ Silent & Unseen. Essential work that is quietly and professionally carried out behind closed doors, by unsung heroes... ⬇️ And we have been privileged to a rare insight, thanks to the MOD and BFBS. If you are interested, there is a very good ducu-film called 'Inside Porton down' with the late Dr Michael Mosley... 🇬🇧

[@ScotlandTheBrave_1]

Why is she walking about without her legs covered and no goggles? Our labs require your legs to be covered, aka no shorts or skirts, at all times and use closed shoes

[@davidf2244]

The room has been prepared for this segment.

[@vasiovasio]

@@davidf2244 Or, She is a Pure Angel! :)

[@MZ95]

Skank

[@Narxes081206]

I was thinking the same. My guess is it was staged for this filming.

[@jshoe1986]

Porton down ?

[@jakedovey7488]

Yes, dstl is the official name for porton down!

[@lmaoroflcopter]

​@@jakedovey7488 Er DSTL is the name of the parent company. Porton Down is this specific lab's location. DSTL do more than just bio safety.

[@peterharris38]

I used to do alcohol deliveries to Porton Down in the early 80s, very odd place. No birds not many visible humans and escort from gate-delivery-gate. Hadn't thought about it for almost 40 years. Thank you for the memory.

[@thebigeasy87]

​@@peterharris38similar experience for me, I delivered to a sister site. Eerily quiet

[@kyleates6192]

Cat the Microbiologist lowkey a baddie

[@gosie-z]

Ayooo...i see im not the only one. What's her insta? Lol.

[@OntologicalShock777]

Maybe an ultraviolet light lamp can be added as a layer of extra sanitation when exiting the lab.

[@christopherleubner6633]

They do. They are installed with the lighting.

[@JesusFollower43]

Jesus loves you

[@vivekhariharan3058]

Real life Umbrella Corp - This is where it starts

[@taco2050]

never thought id see a real life scp site

[@Tyler.i.81]

Where do you keep the aliens 👽

[@mwallace2922]

That's the question. 🤔🤔

[@sandalphoncpu]

Surely they don’t allow kids to be in the facility right. I mean what was the journalist doing acting so carefree in a place as dangerous as that.

[@anneke_yep2407]

They disinfected that area before she got there

[@surfleetsurfer6370]

Why does this woman reporter find the handling exercise funny? She should take it seriously.

[@welshdefenceforces]

Have you watched any of there other videos?

[@xmantheeevee]

I'm an American bio/chem major and this is very, very cool to me, because research in a laboratory is what I want to do and it's quite awesome seeing what a place where I could end up one day is like

[@dunnobutwayne]

no u not

[@mitcha4163]

Whats Cats @? She's cute as

[@gosie-z]

This comment is what I'm looking for. Lol.

[@Mia_Mar1a]

We stan that baddie w the glasses working in the lab, what a queen 🤩🤩🤩

[@analogueoverdigital929]

I'm sure there is some serious gain of function research going on there.

[@MrShaneSunshine]

Is ignorance a substance?

[@StillAliveAndKicking_]

The internet has proven that it is communicable, and spreads fast.

[@KX36]

@@StillAliveAndKicking_ and is certainly abused.

[@samuelgarrod8327]

It depends how much you need to take.

[@Dantick09]

Yes, too much of it and you become communist

[@antoniobabb1938]

Yes wide spread

[@gairahadam5304]

The point is not about Biohazard but about people killing each other using biohazard

[@ogksknkrv6738]

Reporter is annoying.

[@amsf1]

Def not the job for me. Id think i had symptoms of every substance I handled. Hypochondriac settings on 1000 😂

[@kazkk2321]

I really wish I could work in such environments. Hell of a job

[@Cookingwithchefdanny]

Is this microbiology? Cause I find this stuff very fascinating

[@MrYega-zq7rz]

Yea it's to die for

[@hudsongalanou5647]

Why blur out the coat racks?

[@JamesSmith-mo4yt]

Maybe there were name tags?

[@UndisturbedMonk]

@@JamesSmith-mo4yt That should be common sense right?! Some people...

[@KX36]

Amazing how in this place the equipment they have for level 3 is basically level 4, e.g. with positive pressure suits; but in hospital path labs the equipment we have for level 3 is basically level 2. 0:27 this is what our CL3 lab looks like and we handle ACDP HG3 annex 1 agents without even the cabinet.

[@jameson1239]

To be fair they also work with chemical and radiological hazards

[@189643478]

Ebola was discovered when blood of an infected nun was brought to the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp where the scientist analyzed it on an ordinary lab bench... The vials had been shipped in a thermos flask with ice cubes and one of the vials had broken during transport... I am glad that we're more careful today...

[@christopherleubner6633]

That looked a lot like a BSL 4 minus the airlock and multiply redundant PPE. The cell was probably a training lab for BSL 4 work. Same lab coat color code too, white 1 and 2, yellow 3, red 4. Another give away that it was a dedicated training lab was that it didn't need biometric ID to get in. 😮

[@KX36]

@@christopherleubner6633 I think you're right

[@NeverNothingNess]

This dude is a pioneer. Thank you for figuring out a way to explain to people. Yes, biological warfare is something that we need to be prepared for educated on that. This is not something that we should stay uneducated about.

[@なディル]

One of the most dangerous jobs and sensitive jobs in the earth

[@mac-ju5ot]

I dont like the way the world is going either

[@EdgarHernandez-df7eq]

“Allegedly, quite close to home”

[@TheShadow89090]

Funfact ... creating bio and chemical weapons is suprisingly easy - with many blueprints avaliable for free on the internet

[@GORDITO_de_LODI]

"Get the pathogen on the white cloth" walkes away 🤣 she probably started panicking..poor lady

[@Desperate4Freedom.]

Why i dont trust them?

[@br2266]

lol “ of course they work on Covid” might as well work on diabetes and nicotine next then 🤣

[@adam90670]

Climate change conspiracy theorists are hilarious 🤣 what is even more funny is the people working on developing plagues for whatever pathetic excuse they can come up with, those clowns are blaming climate change 🤣 no, just look in the mirror and you will see the real problem.

[@pauljerome01]

I hope mpox isn't being manufactured there

[@rjohn00]

mpox was discover 1950 pls educate your self

[@The-Wandering_Cynic]

lol it would be hard to make it, just ship it from africa for dirt cheap

[@JesusChristSavedSarah]

with love and without sin Jesus died on the cross to forgive all past, present, and future sins. more than anything God desires a genuine growing friendship with you, you can trust in God, God's love will never fail (Romans 6:23, John 3:16). depend on God when you feel great or weary :) "I will give rest and strength to those who are weak and tired." Jeremiah 31:25 God hears, heals and sustains us with hope and strength

[@themusingsofamadman.8925]

Gain of function !

[@BushyHairedStranger]

7 DOORS!..from outside the facility into the pathogen containment chamber they passed through at least 7 doors, likely more than that.

[@blackpoolbootz2790]

I thought she did really well when she was at the Wuhan Institute of Virology 😆😆😆

[@louisnemzer6801]

"Imagine there was an outbreak of a deadly new virus in Wiltshire and we shrugged off the fact that the outbreak 'just so happened' to be near a little place called Porton Down. We'd be laughed out of town." -Matt Hancock

[@seanorjennifermcdonald4868]

Like thenwalking dead said theres so many infections we dont know about it scary.

[@kingkong81icloud]

Stop playing with the , EVIL

[@Q-Susi]

This is not about playing with the devil. It is about investigating how to defeat the devil.

[@andreinaf]

Bro is leaking the hidden meta only the pro's use

[@JaiderChiu]

what would happen if they mixed all the deadliest viruses etc together...?

[@crispybacon9917]

What happens if anything gets into the air? Do they burn the whole place down.

[@alexandreperron6106]

Sadly, as long as we'll think in terms of "operational advantage", this world won't get better.

[@phillipandrewwright4521]

"Operational Advantage" refers to our Armed Forces being fully prepared to defend against pathogen attacks by certain enemies who, don't think the laws of war apply to them. Not, that we would use them ourselves.

[@alexandreperron6106]

@@phillipandrewwright4521 That's my point EXACTLY. As long as the world will think in terms of invasions and attacks, this world will stay at war, stay in conflict, stay completely locked in to a cycle of hurt and suffering. It's not the fact that USA or Canada wants an operational advantage itself, it's the fact that THE WHOLE WORLD thinks like that, with varying degrees of success. As long as policies like Mutually Assured Destructioin exist, we fail as a society. "The general sat and the lines on the map moved from side to side".

[@highfive8220]

wait they are pumping new air in and old out how are they going to stop a air based viris am i going crazy or they got the crazy filter in there

[@shellyrobinson2795]

i bet shes going to spread somthing to a lot of people i would never go into a place like that with no biohazerd sute no way in hell wow and i know people will say ohh its safe and cht but its not you never can know when somthings contamanatit or not so rong on soo maney levels

[@Chad-Giga.]

She should have been wearing long pants and proper shoes for this interview; that is what first triggered the scientist. 2:12

[@erpetek]

1:14 they even censor the coat hangers... damn...

[@modacontempo4531]

Maxwell Smart & Agent 99 😂

[@maxcarter3453]

"So this is where we handle our most hazardous pathogens" *Coughs*

[@snyseb]

Why are coat racks blurred ? 😂

[@thebigeasy87]

Name tags

[@neillstephenson5482]

Wuhan

[@mathematicalmuscleman]

Mathematics and Statistics play a very important role as well as basic science and technology.

[@unmeshduttachowdhury]

No religion was harmed in this process

[@jordanpearson4824]

2020 called...

[@Stefano_Gaming]

Where they keep the T-Virus tho 👀

[@baepple]

Can you imagine if there was a tear in that suit? Lol

[@20PINKluvr]

Didnt they show that in outbreak or contagion?

[@baepple]

@@20PINKluvr idk never saw the movies

[@lizichell2]

Prion

[@robertavendano3532]

Not one mask 😷 guess they don’t work

[@Kawka1122]

The professor is weak and he wouldn't be able to handle my farts after beans.

[@edwinchia6043]

Why did they censor those clothes hook

[@pedrosanchez-bc4zu]

where your fentanyl goes

[@nevasoba5953]

Idk what is so funny

[@guygfm4243]

Ye ok till it’s not

[@matthijsleenhouts4827]

CBRN specialist

[@mrkartoffel262]

Maybe just don't work on bio weapons at all ?

[@rjohn00]

Or keep stupidity out of these labs

[@thebigeasy87]

Except other nations are or might be. It's important we understand them if only for a risk reduction/containment plan

[@rjohn00]

@@mrkartoffel262 or maybe keep stupidity and those who cheated doctor schools away from these labs

[@georgeortonvlogs4221]

as a level 17 autist, I can confirm this guy is the Autism grand master

[@iskiiwizz536]

dantes is that you?

[@tigertiger1699]

Let us all spend more on R & D

[@GenericHandle666]

*WHERE THE T-VIRUS AT?*

[@mrslinkydragon9910]

Why are the coat hooked blurred out? 😂

[@Emblazed123]

Nuclear war leaks!

[@BushworldAventures]

They probably have people's names written on them.

[@kL07_]

Name tags

[@JohnStoddart1010]

Fascinating

[@TSHKKRipper]

Oh, yeah. You don't invent new cbrn poisons, you try to eliminate them 😉

[@vincentkingsdale8334]

C'mon.....all you need is a homemade or surgical mask. Didn't you learn anything in 2020?!?!?

[@100bulletsmiranda9]

i pop "U" into it.

[@type.]

:implodes

[@steve-us2hg]

Yeah okay... It took them 2 minutes and 40+ seconds to get into the lab...

[@coolvideos8864]

Oh yeah! thats not danegrous is it? 2020 was ok....

[@mwallace2922]

Maybe we shouldn't muck around with things.

[@Frieren_Lienel]

if theres a virus outbreak, im blaming this facility

[@CowHorace]

Didn't work out so well at the facility in Wuhan though, did it?

[@antoniobabb1938]

It was on purpose ask fauci don’t blame China

[@101-cesaraugusto7]

Depends on the objective, China sold lots of vaccines, masks and gained influence.

[@yaykruser]

1:21 why are the cost hooks censored?

[@rjohn00]

Name tags

[@AviatorJosh]

Laughing and not taking anything seriously. Find a new reporter.

[@andrewlavey6992]

What does the professor think about "The Andromeda Strain" (1971)?

[@TexasRancherGal]

I’ve endured Q-Fever… totally wished I was treated appropriately….

[@DanielThomas-yw6ju]

Well, that is another gooood reason why we should stop climate change obviously ☣️‼️