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This is the most crucial issue, he says. Some individual or group could use nuclear, biological or chemical agents to harm masses of people. And the Inland Northwest is one of the 10 most likely areas to be affected, says Colleen Terriff, assistant professor of pharmacy at WSU Spokane and pharmacist at Deaconess Medical Center. Terriff says eastern Washington and parts of Idaho and Montana potentially are in danger because of local organizations, such as the Aryan Nations and the Montana Militia, as well as the number of large festivals attracting many people in a concentrated area, such as Bloomsday in Spokane. Terriff and WSU pharmacy students, who have been involved in such aspects as inventory and data collection, are educating area officials for possible threats.