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Analyzing a Bioterror Attack on the Food Supply: The Case of Botulinum Toxin in Milk
The authors of this document have developed a “mathematical model of a cows-to-consumers supply chain associated with a single milk-processing facility that is the victim of a deliberate release of botulinum toxin. Because centralized storage and processing lead to substantial dilution of the toxin, a minimum amount of toxin is required for the release to Read More »
- June 29, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Commentary, Report, and 2001-2025
Degradation of Biological Weapons Agents in the Environment: Implications for Terrorism Response
This document is an investigative report on the “impact on effective terrorism response of the viability degradation of biological weapons agents in the environment” and briefly reviews “the scientific understanding and modeling of agent environmental viability degradation.” It also provides an analysis of the “time behavior and sensitivity of four mathematical models that are used Read More »
- June 29, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Commentary, and 2001-2025
Hearing on “5 and 10 Year Homeland Security Goals: Where We Need to Be As a Nation and How We Judge Progress”
This document is a statement made by Paul N. Stockton to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security on challenges within the Department of Homeland Security in responding to flaws made apparent by Hurricane Katrina and anticipating and preparing for what’s to come. By Paul N. Stockton
- June 29, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Report, and 2001-2025
Observations on Biological Terrorism and Public Health Initiatives
This document is a testimony given by Jr. Assistant Comptroller General, National Security and International Affairs Division, Henry L. Hinton, to the Committee on Veteran’s Affairs and the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, Committee on Appropriations, U.S. Senate, addressing four issues. First, “intelligence agencies’ judgments about the threat of Read More »
- June 29, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Report, and 1976-2000
Banning Poison Gas and Germ Warfare: Should the United States Agree?
“This article will consider whether the principles of the Geneva Protocol have become so widely accepted that they apply to the United States even though it is not a party. It will analyze the effect of existing reservations to the Protocol, discuss the United States use of tear gases and herbicides in Vietnam in light Read More »
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