Delta G Scientific Company

{{Short description|Front company of South African Defence Force to research and produce chemical weapons}}

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Delta G Scientific Company was originally a front company established April 1982 in Weldegraan, Pretoria by the South African Defence Force to research and produce chemical weapons within a covert operation known as Project Coast.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nti.org/e_research/profiles/SAfrica/Chemical/2443_3616.html|title=NTI: Country Overviews: South Africa: Chemical Facilities|date=2007-10-15|access-date=2017-08-31|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015190828/http://www.nti.org/e_research/profiles/SAfrica/Chemical/2443_3616.html|archivedate=2007-10-15}}

Medchem Consolidated Investments was registered in the Cayman Islands by a David Webster on behalf of Wouter Basson,{{cite web |url=http://ccrweb.ccr.uct.ac.za/archive/cbw/31.html |title=South African Chemical and Biological Warfare Programme |website=ccrweb.ccr.uct.ac.za |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205235103/http://ccrweb.ccr.uct.ac.za/archive/cbw/31.html |archive-date=5 February 2012 |url-status=dead}} who held 75% of Delta G shares.{{Cite web|url=http://ccrweb.ccr.uct.ac.za/archive/cbw/09.html|title=South African Chemical and Biological Warfare Programme|date=2012-07-21|access-date=2017-08-31|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721214934/http://ccrweb.ccr.uct.ac.za/archive/cbw/09.html|archivedate=2012-07-21}}

Delta G was acquired in 1993 by Sentrachem,http://www.nti.org/media/pdfs/south_africa_chemical.pdf?_=1316466791 {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}} which has been a subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Company since 1997.