Assertion: biological agent's potential | /r/CapableOf | pose severe threat
Facets:
value: to public health
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to safety
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to animal
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to plant
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to public
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to animal or plant products
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Since 1997, United States law has declared a list of bio-agents designated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or the U.S. Department of Agriculture that have the "potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety" to be officially defined as "select agents" and possession or transportation of them are tightly controlled as such.
text: In 1997, United States law formally defined weaponizable bio-agents as "Biological Select Agents or Toxins" (BSATs) — or simply Select Agents for short — which fall under the oversight of either the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or the U.S. Department of Agriculture (or both) and which have the "potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety".
text: The following biological agents and toxins have been determined to have the potential to pose a severe threat to both human and animal health, to plant health, or to animal and plant products.
text: Under current United States law, bio-agents which have been declared by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or the U.S. Department of Agriculture to have the "potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety" are officially defined as "select agents.
text: Under United States law, Biological select agents or toxins (BSATs) — or simply select agents for short — are bio-agents which (since 1997) have been declared by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) or by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to have the "potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety".
text: As a result, Congress passed Section 511 of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 requiring HHS to publish regulations for the transfers of select agents that have the potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety (Additional Requirements for Facilities Transferring or Receiving Select Agents, 42 CFR Part 72.6; effective April 15, 1997).
text: The Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002, Subtitle A of Public Law 107–188 requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and regulate a list of biological agents and toxins that have the potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety.
text: The Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002 requires the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish and regulate a list of biological agents that have the potential to pose a severe threat to animal health and safety, plant health and safety, or to the safety of animal or plant products (Select Agents).
text: The Federal Select Agent Program oversees the possession, use and transfer of biological select agents and toxins, which have the potential to pose a severe threat to public, animal or plant health or to animal or plant products.
text: The Federal Select Agent Program (FSAP) regulates the possession, use, and transfer of biological select agents and toxins that have the potential to pose a severe threat to public, animal or plant health, or to animal or plant products.
text: Mission To regulate the safe and secure possession, use, and transfer of biological select agents and toxins that have the potential to pose a severe threat to public, animal, or plant health, or to animal or plant products in the United States.
text: in 2001, which established criteria for those prohibited from having access to select agents and toxins The Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002, which required HHS and USDA to publish regulations to strengthened oversight of select agents and toxins that have the potential to pose a severe threat to public health – as well as animal and plant health, or to animal and plant products 2010 President Obama signed Executive Order 13546, which called for: A review to prioritize (or “tier”) the riskiest agents and toxins