so devastating to citrus crops that it was classified as a bioterror weapon in 2003 The New yorker reports.
Anthrax and bioterrorism Anthrax can be created easily in a lab and is incredibly durable: Spores of anthrax bacteria can lie dormant for years before entering a living host where they reactivate
These characteristics make anthrax an extremely dangerous bioterrorism weapon. Anthrax has been used in bioterrorism and warfare since World war i when Scandinavia deployed anthrax against the Imperial Russian Army.
It was used also by The british army during WORLD WAR II to weaken German livestock. More recently anthrax has been used in bioterrorism attacks in both Japan
and the United states. In 1993 a religious cult in Japan deployed anthrax against civilians in Tokyo
The DHS says that the NBAF is needed to develop countermeasures against bioterrorism a threat that resonates less now than it did immediately after the anthrax attacks on the United states in 2001.
and stories about his research subjects nature's ultimate bioterrorists. In the 1990's Dutch biologists put Limburger cheese in a wind tunnel with malaria mosquitoes and were surprised to find that females were drawn to the smell he said.
The bacterial genus Burkholderia for example includes dangerous disease-causing pathogens--one species has even been listed as a potential bioterrorist agent
B. pseudomallei which causes melioidosis is classified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a potential bioterrorist agent.
and charged him with bioterrorism. The authorities claimed the body of his wife, who had died of congenital heart failure, for examination.
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