America`s Achilles` Heel: Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Terrorism and Covert Attack examines the potential NBC terrorism threat faced by the united States. The book presents the threat without …
TRC Bookstores Recommends – Toxic Terror : Assessing Terrorist Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons
Toxic Terror : Assessing Terrorist Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons, edited by Jonathan B. Tucker is an excellent work on past cases of chemical and biological terrorism. Separate authors take …
Unhealthy glow signals bioterror
Scientists are working on a detection test which they say could be a quick way of spotting dangerous contamination of food or water. Full Story …
States Race Against Bioterror Threat
From identifying dangerous microbes to making Mount Rushmore more secure, states and cities are racing to put protections in place against bioterrorism. Full Story …
Bush Signs $4.6B Bioterror Bill
President Bush signed bioterrorism legislation Wednesday that devotes $4.6 billion to stockpiling vaccines, improving food inspections and boosting security for water systems, calling it his "urgent …
TRC Bookstores Recommends – Biological Weapons: Limiting the Threat
Biological Weapons: Limiting the Threat, edited by Joshua Lederberg, is a superb collection of essays covering a wide spectrum of issues (threat, history, detection, policy for response, biological …
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TRC Bookstores Recommends – America`s Achilles` Heel: Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Terrorism and Covert Attack
America`s Achilles` Heel: Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Terrorism and Covert Attack examines the potential NBC terrorism threat faced by the united States. The book presents the threat without …
Anthrax attacks put microbiologists` work under a magnifier
As always, the American Society for Microbiology`s annual meeting here this week was part science, part fellowship. But this year, the meeting of 10,000 members of the group was something else: part …
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Computers to track biological, chemical threats
National lab scientists are developing a plan to help cities track biological and chemical agents such as anthrax and other nearly invisible weapons of mass destruction. Full Story …
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Conferees Agree on Bioterror Bill
House and Senate negotiators agreed yesterday on the final version of legislation meant to ensure a sustained, comprehensive effort to shore up the nation`s defenses against a bioterror attack. Full …