among people. Not many people in this world know how easily a biological disease can be released into a population of people. Informing the public but mainly public officials could help prevent a bioterrorist attack from occurring. In the event that an attack happens‚ public officials should know how to contain and treat the patients that are infected in an attack There are many different ways and types of disease to cause to biological weapon. Researching
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chemical weapon since the poisonous effect is not the main reason for their use. Another common misconception is that biological agents such as viruses or microorganisms (small pox etc.) are considered a chemical agent‚ but this is not the case. Effects of chemical agents and biological agents may be similar but they different in production. Chemical agents are created and biological agents are found naturally in nature or cultured for use. Different types of Chemical agents: Nerve Agents: Source:
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Bio 100 Alternative Classification Assignment We learned in class about the taxonomic system of classification. This system defines groups of biological organisms on the basis of shared characteristics‚ giving names to each group. It is also a Biological Classification system used to put every living thing into groups‚ grouping them according to shared physical characteristics. This helps us to know which animals are which‚ who each is related to‚ and what each are like individually. Scientists
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Bioterrorism-Disaster Concepts in community and public health November 29‚ 2010 Bioterrorism-Disaster Summary of Teaching Plan: The goal of teaching bioterrorism to the class is to educate them about the different/rare diseases that can spread through animals and nature. The goal of teaching disaster is to educate them about the two different types of disaster‚ how to prepare for any disaster‚ and to show an example of a disaster that happened. Both of these goals will be reached by presenting
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to person that causes high fever‚ characteristic rash‚ and may kill about one-third of those infected. Smallpox is the only disease that has been completely wiped out throughout the world. Smallpox is also potentially one of the most devastating biological weapons ever conceived. Smallpox usually requires fairly prolonged face-to-face contact to spread. It’s most often transmitted through the air by droplets that escape when an infected person coughs‚ sneezes or talks. In rare instances‚ airborne
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1968‚ Syria has been a party to the Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating‚ Poisonous or Other Gases‚ and of Bacteriological Methods of War‚ better known as the Geneva Protocol. This forbids nations from using chemical (and biological) weapons against other nations.”[9] The UN has been asked on multiple occasions to deal with violations to the treaty concerning Syria and the UN is wondering “whether Syria had taken steps to prepare its chemical arsenal for imminent use by filling
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Maddie Stinson Mrs. Brown Speech 4/10/13 Anthrax There are millions of diseases in the world‚ caused by several different types of immune system attacks. Viruses‚ parasites‚ funguses‚ bacterias‚ and genetics are just a few of many types of diseases. Anthrax is a disease that is based on bacteria. The disease is deadly and very rare. Anthrax seems to be a disease that is ominous but right at the edge of our society. Having knowledge of anthrax is important including: occurences‚ forms‚ and
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discussing the nature-nurture debate in relation to Morgan Freeman’s development through two life stages childhood and adolescence. The theories that I am going to be discussing in relation to the individual are Determinism Choice and interaction Biological programming Maturation theory Theorists and philosophers have argued that we are born to be the way we are and some have argued that it could down to the way we are brought‚ our environmental influences and surroundings that makes us the way
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“Set up as a top-secret biological and chemical weapons facility during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War Two‚ Unit 731 has been referred to as the Asian Auschwitz. Through the practice of lethal human experimentation‚ the unit is thought to have been responsible for the death of up to 200‚000 civilians and military personnel – the vast majority Chinese and Korean nationals‚ but also South East Asians‚ Pacific Islanders and Allied POWs. In the sprawling six kilometer-square complex in the
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remaining stockpiles or facilities still in place must be destroyed by April 2012. The CWC went into effect in April 1995 and so far 188 states have ratified it including countries with large chemical industries. The CWC was largely based off of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC); however unlike the BWC the CWC has a verification mechanism. The CWC
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