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Development of and prospects for the biological weapons convention
Journal of Biosafety and Biosecurity, 2022 Biological weapons are used in wars to wound or kill people or animals and destroy crops with pathogenic microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses, as well as toxins and other biologically active substances.
Liang Huigang +4 more
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Legacy and impact of the 1925 Geneva Protocol: one hundred years of treaties and debates on chemical and biological weapons [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyThis essay examines the legacy and impact of the 1925 Geneva Protocol, which prohibited the use of chemical and biological weapons. This multinational treaty was an important milestone in the history of the non-proliferation of weapons of mass ...
Walter E. Grunden, Olli H. Tuovinen
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Living Weapons: Biological Weapons and International Security [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010 Theodore J. Cieslak
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Pathogens as biological weapons of invasive species. [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2015 Andreas Vilcinskas
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Asia-Pacific Perspective on Biological Weapons and Nuclear Deterrence in the Pandemic Era
Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2021 This article provides an Asia-Pacific perspective on biological weapons and their relevance to nuclear deterrence in the pandemic era. The entire class of biological weapons is banned by international law; however, biological weapons are generally less ...
Miles Pomper, Richard Pilch
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Biological Weapons—a Primer for Microbiologists [PDF]
Annual Review of Microbiology, 2001 ▪ Abstract Biological weapons are not new. Biological agents have been used as instruments of warfare and terror for thousands of years to produce fear and harm in humans, animals, and plants. Because they are invisible, silent, odorless, and tasteless, biological agents may be used as an ultimate weapon—easy to disperse and inexpensive to produce ...
R J, Hawley, E M, Eitzen
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Bioterrorism as an Imminent Security Threat [PDF]
Bezbednosni Dijalozi, 2015 At the end of the 20th and early 21st century, there is a noticeable increase in the number of terrorist attacks and the threat of biological weapons. The potential the destructiveness of bioterrorism is such that it can now be considered as a strategic
Zoran Keković, Miodrag Jakovljević
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Assessing emerging technologies from an arms control perspective
Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics, 2022 Developments in science and technology improve health and wellbeing of humankind, for example with better methods to detect and treat diseases. However, some advances have led to the development of weapons of mass destruction: chemical and biological ...
Maximilian Brackmann +3 more
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Biological weapons and health protection against biological terrorism [PDF]
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2019 The possibility of using biological means has become a reality. A biological attack is the deliberate use of living microorganisms or their toxic products to cause disease and death in humans, animals and plants. Methods of biological attack and its main
Blahova Marta
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