Top 10 most terrifying islands that will kill you (Photos)

2. Vozrozhdeniya

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Sometimes referred to as Rebirth Island, this small island in the Aral Sea, used to float between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. Its location prompted the Soviet government to quietly establish a small research facility there. This facility was the main laboratory of the Soviet Microbiological Warfare Group.

For the next 40 years, scientists tested genetically engineered strains of ‘common’ biological weapons including plague, small pox and anthrax. They routinely released them into the air over the island and recorded the effects on livestock. Smallpox eventually spread to the mainland in 1971, killing 10 people.

In 1988, in an attempt to destroy evidence of its weapons program, the Soviets drenched their entire anthrax stock in bleach, sealed in stainless steel drums and buried them. This failed as anthrax has been found seeping through the soil.

This has effectively poisoned the groundwater and the island’s earth. Little wonder, CNN referred to it “a ticking time bomb in the heart of Asia.”