Biological and chemical weapons
By: Stefan Kiesbye, book editor.
Contributors: Kiesbye, Stefan.
Series: At issue
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780737748703; 9780737748710
Subjects: Biological weapons; Chemical weapons; Chemical agents (Munitions); Biological warfare; Chemical warfare; Bioterrorism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Terrorist organizations using chemical weapons pose a severe threat / Andy Oppenheimer; title: Threats from chemical and biological weapons may be overstated / Greg Goebel; title: Experts are divided over the risk of a bio-terrorist attack / Marcus Stern; title: The threat of terrorists using biological and chemical weapons is exaggerated / Al Mauroni; title: The recession has weakened the United States' disaster preparedness /  Thomas Frank; title: Soviet era laboratories might be used by bioterrorists / Sonia ben Ouagrham-Gormley; title: Building artificial viruses increases the threat of bioterrorism / Joby Warrick; title: The government needs to prevent abuse of biological research / Stephen Maurer; title: The U.S. is struggling to destroy its chemical weapons / Bob Drogin; title: Off-shore chemical weapons dump sites may pose a great risk / Nicole Branan; title: Iran may seek biological and chemical weapons / Jason Sigger; title: North Korean chemical weapons threaten the region / Jon Herskovitz; title: North Korea might test biological weapons on its citizens / Gordon Chang; title: Shia militias and al-Qaeda terrorists are employing chemical weapons in Iraq / Peter Brookes.