Addresses weaponization of biological agents. Categorizes potential agents as food, waterborne, or agricultural toxins and discusses the respective epidemiology.
"Reflecting the critical threat posed by biological warfare and terrorism, the Borden Institute has released 'Medical Aspects of Biological Warfare', the latest volume in the 'Textbooks of Military Medicine' series. This book is an update of the previous edition of 'Medical Aspe…
A higher form of killing begins with the First World War, when poison gas killed or maimed one and a half million men in the mud of Flanders. It tells of the Japanese use of mustard gas and biological weapons in the 1930s, the Nazis' discovery of nerve gas in 1937, and the huge …
The secret story of chemical and biological warfare.
A higher form of killing begins with the First World War, when poison gas killed or maimed one and a half million men in the mud of Flanders. It tells of the Japanese use of mustard gas and biological weapons in the 1930s, the Nazis' discovery of nerve gas in 1937, and the huge …
Charting the ethical trajectory and culture of military science from its development in 1915 in response to Germany's first use of chemical weapons in WW1 to the ongoing attempts by the international community to ban these weapons, Secret Science offers a comprehensive history o…
"Secret Science traces, for the first time, the history of chemical and biological weapons research by the former Allied powers, particularly in Britain, the United States, and Canada. It charts the ethical trajectory and culture of military science, from its initial development…
"The international community has pledged to curtail development and use of chemical and biological weapons (CBW) in several agreements, beginning with the 1925 Geneva Protocol, but several nations are not honoring these pacts. Critics argue that CBW are crueler than traditional …
"The international community has pledged to curtail development and use of chemical and biological weapons (CBW) in several agreements, beginning with the 1925 Geneva Protocol, but several nations are not honoring these pacts. Critics argue that CBW are crueler than traditional …
Globalization, biosecurity, and the future of the life sciences
by National Research Council (U.S.)., Development, Security, and Cooperation, National Research Council (États-Unis)., Committee on Advances in Technology and the Prevention of Their Application to Next Generation Biowarfare Threats, Institute of Medicine (États-Unis)., Board on Global Health