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HSE warns of heroin which could be contaminated with anthrax

(thejournal.ie) The HSE has warned drugs services and health staff to be alert to the possibility of drug-takers using heroin which has been contaminated with anthrax. The warning follows the hospitalisation of a drug user in Scotland from anthrax poisoning. Scotland has historically had its heroin supplies closely connected to those of Ireland.

Syria threatens to use bio weapons

(Times of Malta) Syria yesterday admitted it has chemical weapons and warned of using them if attacked, though not against its own civilians, as regime troops reclaimed most of Damascus after a week of heavy clashes. Any stocks of chemical weapons that may exist, will never, ever be used against the Syrian people. Fighting was  Read More »

Injection drug user in hospital as health chiefs confirm case of anthrax

(stv.tv) A drug user is critically ill in hospital after contracting the deadly anthrax bacteria, health authorities have confirmed. Details of the patient have not been disclosed but they are known to be an injection heroin user. The patient, from Lanarkshire, is in a critical but stable condition in hospital. Public health experts fear that  Read More »

How Do You Really Dispose of Ricin?

(Slate Magazine) In an early scene of Sunday night’s Breaking Bad, Jesse Pinkman freaks out over a lost cigarette containing a tiny vial of ricin, a poison made from castor beans that can kill you if ingested. Once Jesse thinks he’s found the vial, Walter White pretends to dispose of it by flushing it down  Read More »

Syria admits having bio weapons

(Belfast Telegraph) Syria has threatened to use its chemical and biological weapons in case of a foreign attack, the first time it has admitted having weapons of mass destruction. The Foreign Ministry said it would not use its the arms against its own citizens. The announcement came as Syria faces international isolation, a tenacious rebellion  Read More »

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