In Order to Combat Potential Threats from Hostile Governments and Terrorist Groups, Should the United States Resume Research and Developmentprograms on Biological Weapons?
Viewpoint: Yes, biological w...
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Biological Warfare
The United Nations has defined biological warfare as the use of any living organisms (e.g. bacteria) or infective material derived from them, in order to cause disease or death in h...
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Biological Warfare
The United Nations has defined biological warfare as the use of any living organisms (e.g. bacteria) or infective material derived from them, in order to cause disease or death in h...
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Biological Warfare
Long ago humans discovered that certain animals and plants were capable of causing severe illness or death if anyone consumed them. Some were clever enough to extract liquids from t...
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Biological Warfare
Biological warfare, as defined by The United Nations, is the use of any living organism (e.g. bacterium, virus) or an infective component (e.g., toxin), to cause disease or death in...
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Biological Weapons
Biological weapons constitute an increasingly important ethical and political issue for science and technology. This entry examines that issue by defining biological weapons (BWs), ...
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“Virtually every major technology has been exploited not only for peaceful purposes but also for hostile ones. Must this also happen with biotechnology, which is rapidly becoming the dominant te...
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