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Sen. Roberts: NBAF Construction Set To Begin

(KCUR) Senator Pat Roberts’ office says the official groundbreaking for the National Bio and Agro Defense Facility will take place next Tuesday, May 28, on the site in Manhattan. The first phase of the project is to construct a utility plant and emergency power capacity dedicated to the top security labs.The $1.2 billion dollar facility Read More »

May 24, 2013
| Filed under Biological Weapons, Biosafety, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, Public Health, and Research
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Agroterrorism: Attacking with food

(MedillReports) In April food was used as a weapon when an unidentified person sent ricin-laced letters to President Obama and U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Ala.). Ricin, a derivative of castor beans, was the poison in this case of agroterrorism. “This is the terrorism of the past and a potential arena for the future,” said Dr. Read More »

May 22, 2013
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, Biological Weapons, Policy & Initiatives, Public Health, and Research
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Air Force Wants New Energy Weapons to Cause Non-Lethal Bioeffects

(Wired) The Air Force is preparing to spend millions researching how unknown “bioeffects” happen when the human body is blasted by radiowaves and high-powered microwaves — which the Air Force hopes could lead to exotic new energy weapons. Recently, the Air Force Bioeffects Division announced it’s exploring how radiation from non-lethal energy weapons can causes Read More »

April 2, 2013
| Filed under North America, Biological Weapons, Biotechnology, and Research
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Guyana Joins Biological Weapons Convention

(GlobalSecurityNewswire) Guyana this week became the latest nation to ratify the Biological Weapons Convention. The United States “as a depositary state was delighted to receive instrument of ratification,” Laura Kennedy, the Obama administration’s special envoy for BWC issues, stated in a Twitter message on Tuesday.

March 28, 2013
| Filed under South America, Biological Weapons, and Policy & Initiatives
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US intel: Syrian bioweapons program has moved beyond R&D

(WorldTribune) The United States has determined that Syria, despite civil war, was moving toward biological weapons capability. The U.S. intelligence community has assessed that the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad was advancing in its BW program. In an assessment to Congress, the Office of the National Intelligence Director asserted that Damascus might have achieved Read More »