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U.S. Legal Moves Seen Undercutting Anthrax Defense

The U.S. Justice Department’s submission and rapid correction of statements that appeared to counter the findings of the federal anthrax mailings probe could further expose the government to charges it was negligent in securing anthrax stocks purportedly tapped for the 2001 attacks, three news organizations said on Wednesday in a collaborative report published by ProPublica Read More »

July 21, 2011
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Bioterrorism, and Policy & Initiatives
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EU calls for stronger anti-biological weapons Convention

New Europe – The Council of Europe has introduced its position for a forthcoming review conference, that will be held in December 2011 in Geneva. They stressed a need for a stronger Convention prohibiting biological weapons and co-operation with other states around …

July 20, 2011
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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Malaysia Prepares Biological Weapons Convention Implementation Legislation

Malaysian officials are preparing legislation intended to help the country meet its nonproliferation obligations under the Biological Weapons Convention, Bernama reported on Tuesday (see GSN, Sept. 8, 2010). The bill is intended to ensure the secure management of disease agents without interfering with valid biological science efforts and rekated sectors, Prime Minister Najib Razak pledged Read More »

July 20, 2011
| Filed under South Asia, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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Editorial: An auspicious moment for the BWC Review Conference?

(Bulletin of Atomic Scientists) By Malcolm Dando — As I endeavored to write a positive take on the prospects for the upcoming Seventh Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in December, the proverb “There’s many a slip ‘twixt cup and lip” kept coming to mind. In other words, a lot could still go Read More »

July 19, 2011
| Filed under Biological Weapons, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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Biosecurity vital in preventing equine herpes

(Insurance News Net) The equine herpes virus may have garnered national attention when it caused the recent cancellation of horse shows across the western United States, but a veterinarian with Penn State’sCollege of Agricultural Sciences says it’s nothing new. Jake Werner, attending veterinarian for agricultural animals and wildlife, said he isn’t alarmed by the recent Read More »