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Biological Weapons Convention: More Communication & Collaboration Needed

Credit:The GSTAAD Project On 6th of December 2010, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, delivered a message to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Meeting of the State Parties on the need for structured and regular means of monitoring developments in science and technology to reduce risks to international security and achieving global biological disarmament.  Read More »

New Jersey lab on the forefront of fighting bioterrorism

A New Jersey company is working on defense against biological warfare; the 3-year $8.2 million contract with the Department of Defense calls for it to develop drug molecules used to combat biological warfare pathogens — centering its research around eight bacterial pathogens (although for security reasons, the list of pathogens has not been made public)

Hutchinson: Canada’s food system at risk from terrorism

Fomer DHS undersecretary Asa Hutchinson says the Canadian food industry is not sufficiently protected from tampering and potential terrorism; the Canadian food industry points out that Canada’s food safety system is tied for fourth place with the United States, behind Denmark, Australia, and the United Kingdom

FBI submits new materials, delaying Academy report on 2001 anthrax attacks

In September 2008, the FBI asked the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to review the science behind the case against U.S. Army researcher Bruce Ivins; in the absence of a trial, the NAS review was seen as an important step toward understanding what the government had done — even though its focus was entirely  Read More »

Biosafety Lab Remains Closed Amid Controversy

Biosafety Lab Remains Closed Amid ControversyThe Epoch TimesIn fact there have only been five anthrax cases in the United States and they have come from one of the bio defense research laboratories. …

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