CHEMICAL THREAT

AND
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS

REYES, MARK ANTHONY J.

BSECE
CHEMICAL
TREAT
 A CHEMICAL THREAT IS FEAR OF A RELEASE OF
POISONOUS VAPORS, AEROSOLS, LIQUIDS, AND
SOLIDS BEING DISPENSED INTO THE AIR OR
WATER WAYS WHICH WOULD HAVE A TOXIC
EFFECT ON PEOPLE, ANIMALS, AND/OR PLANTS.

 CHEMICAL AGENT OR CHEMICAL POISONS ARE

PRIMARILY USED IN WAR, TERRORISM AND RIOT
CONTROL. THESE KINDS OF CHEMICAL THREATS
ARE VERY REAL AND ARE OFTEN DISPENSED
THROUGH BOMBS OR VIA SOME TYPE OF
PROJECTILE. THEY CAN ALSO BE SPRAYED FROM
AIRCRAFT, BOATS, AND VEHICLES OR SHOT OUT
OF SOME TYPE OF WEAPON.
TYPES OF
CHEMICAL
WARFARE
AGENTS
 THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF
CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS OR
CHEMICAL POISONS THERSE ARE:

 NERVE AGENTS(POISON)
 BLISTER OR VESICANT
AGENTS(POISON)
 CHOKING AGENTS(POISON)
 NERVE AGENTS(POISON)

THE NERVE AGENTS ARE A GROUP

OF PARTICULARLY TOXIC
CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS.
THEY WERE DEVELOPED JUST
BEFORE AND DURING WORLD WAR
II AND ARE RELATED CHEMICALLY
TO THE ORGANOPHOSPHORUS
INSECTICIDES.
 BLISTER OR VESICANT AGENTS
(POISON)

 BLISTER OR VESICANT AGENTS ARE LIKELY TO

BE USED BOTH TO PRODUCE CASUALTIES AND
TO FORCE OPPOSING TROOPS TO WEAR FULL
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT THUS DEGRADING
FIGHTING EFFICIENCY, RATHER THAN TO KILL,
ALTHOUGH EXPOSURE TO SUCH AGENTS CAN
BE FATAL. BLISTER AGENTS CAN BE
THICKENED IN ORDER TO CONTAMINATE
TERRAIN, SHIPS, AIRCRAFT, VEHICLES OR
EQUIPMENT WITH A PERSISTENT HAZARD.
 Choking Agents
(POISON)

 "CHEMICAL AGENTS WHICH ATTACK LUNG

TISSUE, PRIMARILY CAUSING PULMONARY
EDEMA, ARE CLASSED AS LUNG
DAMAGING AGENTS", ACCORDING TO THE
FEDERATION OF AMERICAN SCIENTISTS.
ON THIS DEFINTION, THEY STATE THAT THE
ONE TYPE OF CHOKING AGENTS IS
CHLORINE.
 CHEMICAL AGENT EFFECTS ON PEOPLE

 SIGNS OF A CHEMICAL RELEASE INCLUDE

PEOPLE HAVING DIFFICULTY BREATHING,
EXPERIENCING EYE IRRITATION, LOSING
COORDINATION, BECOMING NAUSEATED,
OR HAVING A BURNING SENSATION IN THE
NOSE, THROAT, AND LUNGS.
BIOLOGICAL
WEAPONS
 BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS ARE COMPLEX
SYSTEMS THAT DISSEMINATE DISEASE-
CAUSING ORGANISMS OR TOXINS TO
HARM OR KILL HUMANS, ANIMALS OR
PLANTS. THEY GENERALLY CONSIST OF
TWO PARTS – A WEAPONIZED AGENT AND A
DELIVERY MECHANISM.
 IN ADDITION TO STRATEGIC OR TACTICAL
MILITARY APPLICATIONS, BIOLOGICAL
WEAPONS CAN BE USED FOR POLITICAL
ASSASSINATIONS, THE INFECTION OF
LIVESTOCK OR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE
TO CAUSE FOOD SHORTAGES AND
ECONOMIC LOSS, THE CREATION OF
ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHES, AND
THE INTRODUCTION OF WIDESPREAD
ILLNESS, FEAR AND MISTRUST AMONG THE
PUBLIC.
 ALMOST ANY DISEASE-CAUSING
ORGANISM (SUCH AS BACTERIA,
VIRUSES, FUNGI, PRIONS OR
RICKETTSIAE) OR TOXIN (POISONS
DERIVED FROM ANIMALS, PLANTS OR
MICROORGANISMS, OR SIMILAR
SUBSTANCES PRODUCED
SYNTHETICALLY) CAN BE USED IN
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS. 
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management