Natalie Hartfiel

Kristina Johnson
Brittany Iwanski
So whats the ISSUE with
BIOLOGICAL WARFARE?
Biological Warfare can wipe out an entire
population in seconds
Harm animals and damage harvest crops
Inexpensive to produce such weapons
Almost anyone can make them
WE BELIEVE THAT BW ARE FAR TO
HARMFUL TO BE EFFECTIVELY AND
HUMANLY USED IN WARFARE
*AGAINST PRODUCTION OF BW WEAPONS

History of Issue
- Biological Weapons are NOT new!!
- The first Biological Weapon incident:
6
th
Century B.C.
- 3 Major forms of BW before 20
th
Century
- 1925 Geneva Protocol
- 1945 1950 THE UNITED STATES BW
PROGRAM
- 1966 A SIMULATED BW ATTACK
- 1969 Thats What they said
A REPORT FROM THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION
- 1966-1971 THE UNITED STATES REACTS
- 1972 Biological Weapons Convention
- BW In Recent Times
- CLOSE to HOME
- EASY ACCESS FOR ALL!



http://brneurosci.org/biologi
calweapon.html
Retrieved From:
Bioterrorism
Biological Warfare
Mamassian, L.
History of Bioterrorism
Biological Warfare @
www.emedicinehealth.com
Chemistry of Issue

- How many BW agents exist?
- The ideal candidate for BW
- PRODUCTION OF BIOLOGICAL AGENTS
- Delivery of Agents
- WERE NOT GOD, ITS NO MORE
CONTROLLABLE THAN THE WIND
- AND WE ALL FALL DOWN THE
INFRASTRUCTURE OF A COUNTRY
Stebbings, M. (2006). Introduction to Biological Weapons. Retrieved
April 25, 2007, from
http://www.fas.org/biosecurity/resource/bioweapons.htm


THE ISSUE TODAY
Characteristics and Associated
Risks
Small amount for affect i
Size makes concealment, transportation, and
dissemination easy
Information on how to develop biological agents
is readily available in open source literature, and
even now on the Internet.

Biological warfare (n.d). Retrieved April 20, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.rog/wiki/Biological_warfare
Hurlbert, D.E. (1997). MICROBIOLOGY 101 INTERNET TEXT. Retrieved April 25, 2007 from
http://www.slic2.wsu.edu:82/hurlbert/micro101pages/101/pages/101biologicalweapons.html
Labov, S.L. (2003). BIOLOGICAL AND GERM WARFARE PROTECTION.
Bromall: Mason Crest Publishers Inc.

Have they been used?
Danzig, R. (n.d.). Biological Warfare: A Nation at Risk-A time to Act.
Retrieved April 20, 2007, from
http://www.ndu.edu/inss/strforum/SF_58/forum58.html
Why think about
Biological Warfare?

Our future enemies strategies
Our future enemies resources
Our blind spots
Danzig, R. (n.d.). Biological Warfare: A Nation at Risk-A time to Act.
Retrieved April 20, 2007, from
http://www.ndu.edu/inss/strforum/SF_58/forum58.html

Where do we go from here?
Establish a new mindset
Identify personnel
Focus on antibiotics
Develop and acquire masks
Acquire state-of-the-art detectors
Focus intelligence
Strengthen coordination
Danzig, R. (n.d.). Biological Warfare: A Nation at Risk-A time to Act.
Retrieved April 20, 2007, from
http://www.ndu.edu/inss/strforum/SF_58/forum58.html

WORKS CITED HISTORY
Bioterrorism(2007, April 16). Retrieved April 17, 2007,
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioterrorism
Biological Warfare (2007, April 15). Retrieved April 17, 2007,
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_warfare
History of Bioterrorism. Retrieved April 17, 2007,
from http://www.bioterry.com/HistoryBioTerr.html
Massiman, L. (2001, September 29). Chemical and Biological
Weapons - Background and History. Retrieved April 17, 2007,
from http://www.suite101.com/article/cfm/chemistry/81221
Biological Warfare (2003). Retrieved April 20, 2007,
From http://www.emedicinehealth.com/biological_warfare/page2_em.htm




WORKS CITED CHEMISTRY OF
BIOLOGICAL WARFARE
Bioterrorism(2001,April 20). Retrieved April 19,2007 from
http://en.wikipedia/wiki/Wikipeda/About

Biological Warfare 92007,April 15). Retrieved April 17,2007, from
http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_warfare

Biological Warfare 92003). Retrieved April 20,2007, from
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/biological_warfare/page 2_em.htm


Stebbings, M. (2006). Introduction to Biological Weapons. Retrieved April 25,
2007, from http://www.fas.org/biosecurity/resource/bioweapons.htm

WORKS CITED
STATE OF THE ISSUE
Danzig, R. (n.d.). Biological Warfare: A Nation at Risk-A time to
Act. Retrieved April 20, 2007, from
http://www.ndu.edu/inss/strforum/SF_58/forum58.html
Biological Weapons (n.d). Retrieved April 20,2007
fromhttp://www.dfat.gov/au/security/biological_weapons.html#1
Biological warfare (n.d). Retrieved April 20, 2007, from
http://en.wikipedia.rog/wiki/Biological_warfare
Hurlbert, D.E. (1997). MICROBIOLOGY 101 INTERNET TEXT.
Retrieved April 25, 2007 from
http://www.slic2.wsu.edu:82/hurlbert/micro101pages/101/pages/101
biologicalweapons.html
Labov, S.L. (2003). BIOLOGICAL AND GERM WARFARE
PROTECTION. Bromall: Mason Crest Publishers Inc.
Stebbings, M. (2006). Introduction to Biological Weapons.
Retrieved April 25, 2007, from
http://www.fas.org/biosecurity/resource/bioweapons.htm