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    they have issues in looking after them in which causes damaging effects on the children. However, George is faced with an opportunity to get a job with a decent pay to work in a laboratory which pursues research into biological and chemical warfare. George is against chemical and biological warfare and he wants to refuse the job. The issue is made clear that George’s refusal will not make the laboratory or job go away and there is person interested in the job and if he were appointed he would most likely

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    Weapons of mass destruction, as classified by the FBI, are any destructive devices, chemical or biological agents used with the intention of causing death or injury on a large scale. These weapons have been used in history, but most are banned to due to the extent of destruction caused. The atom bomb, probably the most well-known of these weapons were used sparingly but caused massive damage in the few areas affected. Chemical weapons, agents that can be traced in Syria today, have the potential

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    Bioterrorism Introduction Imagine the United States fifteen years from now, 2030 an Ebola outbreak has accord. Infection spreading every second, cities all over America growing anxious not knowing how to react to such a deadly disease. Humans trying to find a safe place to shelter their family frustrated with the little supplies of food and water left to help them surviver for at least the next few days, but knowing they can’t do anything because the deadly virus is everywhere. Hospitals all over

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    Pdf Level 3 Unit 732

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    post whose eyes drooped and arms rotted. The noise flew past a few soldiers loading a biological weapon into a plane. The scream landed upon the ears of a scientist who stood inches away from that horrible cry, and continued his work, uncaring of a heart beating at his fingertips. He was the sole spectator and sole perpetrator of this person’s death through live dissection. This was what happened in Japan’s biological warfare experimental camp from 1935 to 1945. The camp was made possible by the Manchurian

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    One common theory about the origin of AIDS is that the virus originated in Africa. They believe that AIDS was transferred to humans by route of either eating infected chimpanzees or their blood infecting a human through an open wound or sore. After the first human was infected, the infection soon spread as Brandon Keim wrote in “Early Spread of AIDS Traced to Congo’s Expanding Transportation Network”. “The number of infections soon tripled, and the virus’s range expanded.” It is said that HIV

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    BIOTERRORISM DEFINITION   Bioterrorrism comes the word bio and terrorism.Bio comes the word biological agent while terrorism is violence and threats to intimidate and force people to follow some rules especially when it related to politics. So bioterrorism means sudden outbreak of biological agent dissemination for violence and to threats to intimidate people. They deliberate release these biological agent such as viruses, bacteria, toxin or germs and cause death to innocent people. Viruses have

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    expanded our knowledge and understanding, it also provided governments and scientists the discovery of a new type of weapon called nuclear weapons. Nuclear Weapons are the use of chemicals or biological agents to conduct harm to many at a time. There are a few types of nuclear weapons, but the most common are biological and chemical weapons. Nuclear weapons cause an inhumane suffering on those inflicted upon it. An article published by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs states, “Nuclear

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    Concerns of Bioterrorism

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    Bioterrorism. It’s important to know the different steps or precautions that a person can look into in order to prevent themselves from being a victim of Bioterrorism. First things first, Bioterrorism is defined as the intentional release of toxic biological agents to harm and terrorize civilians, in the name of a political or other cause. The history of Bioterrorism goes way back. According to the Terrorism Issues and Homeland Security, there have always been efforts to use germs and disease as weapons

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    proven to have an effect on an individual’s personality and behaviors. There is evidence that suggest that neither one of them is completely responsible for behaviors, they both play major roles. From the perspective of a scientist, they may see biological factors to have a stronger influence, but from a sociologist perspective they may see social and environmental factors as being more influential. After extensive research, I believe environmental factors have a greater influence on the behaviors

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    An agent that I did a lot of reading on and heavily considered as my agent of choice for my final essay was the biotoxin ricin that could be weaponized for a biological attack. I have known the toxic property of the castor bean plant since I was a child growing up here in Florida. I pass by dozens of these plants growing wild along the road every day. It was through the reading in this class that I came to understand just how toxic the seeds of this plant are. Ricin is a poison found naturally in

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