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By Category: Biological Weapons

Testimony of the Honorable Tara O’Toole, MD, MPH before the US Senate

(DHS) Ten years after anthrax was mailed to members of the US Congress and to media organizations, dozens of policy, intelligence, and technical reports have affirmed the viability of terrorist groups using biological weapons to cause death, suffering, …

October 19, 2011
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, Biological Weapons, Biotechnology, Bioterrorism, Countermeasures, International, Policy & Initiatives, Public Health, and Research
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Why the Anthrax Murders Are Re-Surfacing 10 Years Later

(Gizmodo) Three scientists who recently published their concerns in the Journal of Bioterrorism and Biodefense say that the trace amounts of tin may have been used as a coating to make the anthrax easier to inhale, and that Ivins didn't have the skill required …

October 18, 2011
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Biological Weapons, Biotechnology, Bioterrorism, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Tracking diseases from anthrax to cholera

(Science News) And some wondered whether the new cases could be linked to 1950s-era government biological weapons testing on the Scottish island of Gruinard. Comparing the strain found in the heroin users to the Arizona anthrax library revealed that it was very …

October 17, 2011
| Filed under Europe, North America, Agents & Toxins, Biological Weapons, International, Public Health, and Research
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Proliferation of Drones Could Aid Biological Strikes

The proliferation of unmanned aircraft around the world has some experts worried the technology could be used by hostile states or extremist groups to disperse biological warfare agents, The Australian reported on Tuesday (see GSN, March 3, 2010). As technology improvements allow remotely controlled aircraft to shrink in size and be more easily transported, their Read More »

October 14, 2011
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South Asia, Biological Weapons, Bioterrorism, and International
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Video: The Anthrax Files

(ProPublica) This story is a joint project with ProPublica, PBS Frontline and McClatchy. The story will air on Frontline on Oct. 11. Check local listings. WASHINGTON – Months after the anthrax mailings that terrorized the nation in 2001, and long before he became the prime suspect, Army biologist Bruce Ivins sent his superiors an email Read More »