biowarfare

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Cholinesterase inhibitors are found in drugs used to treat some diseases, including Alzheimer’s, but certain classes can be used in pesticides and as nerve agents for biowarfare, according to the National Institutes of Health.

From Washington Post • Aug. 24, 2020

HHS has SCIFs because theoretically it would play a major role in biowarfare or chemical attacks.

From Reuters • Mar. 11, 2020

Tularemia, known as rabbit fever, can cause life-threatening infections, and is a potential biowarfare agent.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2019

The more modern analysis, however, rapidly identified the thermal exhaust port along with other flaws, including the Death Star’s poorly secured artificial gravity system and lack of biowarfare defenses.

From National Geographic • Dec. 9, 2015

In the wake of the 2001 anthrax attacks, the federal government stepped up research involving biowarfare threats, like anthrax, Ebola and many other of the world’s deadliest pathogens.

From New York Times • May 28, 2010