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[1] 1941-1945 Unknown 200 Unknown Poland: Unconfirmed reports indicated that the Polish resistance killed 200 German soldiers with biological agents. Polish resistance [1] [2] 1952 Euphorbia grantii toxin Unknown Unknown British Kenya: During the Mau Mau Uprising, the plant toxin of the African milk bush was used to poison livestock by the Mau ...
There were no fatalities. This incident was the first known bioterrorist attack in the United States in the 20th century. [17] It was also the single largest bioterrorism attack on U.S. soil. [18] In June 1993, the religious group Aum Shinrikyo released anthrax in Tokyo. Eyewitnesses reported a foul odor.
anthrax, caused by Bacillus anthracis; Ames strain; tularemia, caused by Francisella tularensis; brucellosis, caused by Brucella suis; Q-fever, caused by Coxiella burnetii ...
A bipartisan bill described as an "agro-terrorism bill" was signed by the President and passed in both houses 2017, the result of concerns raised after the 2015 outbreak of avian influenza that had a devastating effect on poultry in Iowa. The response to that emergency had revealed cracks in the federal government’s ability to react quickly ...
Over the course of its 27-year history, the program weaponized and stockpiled seven bio-agents — Bacillus anthracis , Francisella tularensis , Brucella spp (brucellosis), Coxiella burnetii , Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus, Botulinum toxin , and Staphylococcal enterotoxin B. The US also pursued basic research on many more bio-agents.
About Category:Bioterrorism and related categories. The scope of this category includes pages whose subjects relate to terrorism, a contentious label.. Value-laden labels—such as calling an organization and/or individual a terrorist—may express contentious opinion and are best avoided unless widely used by reliable sources to describe the subject, in which case use in-text attribution.
1 / 2 It was the second-deadliest plane crash in Texas history but today is largely forgotten A Delta plane flies by the wreckage of Delta Flight 191 the day after the Aug. 2, 1985, crash.
The National Biodefense Strategy elevated natural outbreaks as a vital component of the U.S. biological defense program for the first time, mostly because of the significant risk that natural outbreaks pose to civilian, animal and agricultural populations across the country. [1]