International cooperation to defend the food supply chain: nations are talking; next step - action.
TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION II. THE THREAT: IS IT REAL? III. IS TERRORISM TARGETING FOOD A CRIME? IV. INTERNATIONAL ACTION HAS BEEN SLOW TO DEVELOP V. REGIONAL EFFORTS TO PROTECT FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ARE GROWING VI. BILATERAL INITIATIVES HAVE GAINED SOME MOMENTUM VII. EFFORTS BY THE UNITED STATES...

A Poisonous Affair: America, Iraq, and the Gassing of Halabja.
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US to donate anti-chemical weapons gear.
Byline: CHARISSA M. LUCI The United States government will donate chemical weapons emergency equipment totalling $150,000 (R7.2 million) to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) to help the agency respond to emergency situations involving weapons of mass destruction, the US Embassy in Manila said yesterday. ...

Smiths Detection Receives Additional Contract to Supply Department of Defense.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-15 August 2008-Smiths Detection Receives Additional Contract to Supply Department of Defense(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Smiths Detection announced that its military division has been awarded an additional $28.5 Million contract to supply the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) with advanced lightweight detectors under its Joint...

U.S. fails to recognize effects of `collateral' damage.
Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By Anthony Biglan and Dennis Embry For The Register-Guard Prevailing views about the "war" on terror are contrary to scientific understanding of human behavior. Human beings who are traumatized by attack become highly motivated to counterattack. Yet U.S. leaders pursue a strategy that pays...

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Graham S. Pearson and Peter Mahaffy Pure and Applied Chemistry Vol. 78, No. 11, pp. 2169-2192, 2006 doi:10.1351/pac200678112169 The 2002 IUPAC evaluation of scientific and technological advances relevant to the operation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) included a recommendation that more education and outreach should be...

U.S. sanctions Chinese and Indian entities under Iran-Iraq and CBW Acts.
Pursuant to both the Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 1992 (Iran-Iraq Act) [Pub. Law 102-484; Div. A, Title XVI, Oct. 23, 1992; 106 Stat. 2571] and the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 (CBW Act) [Pub. Law 102-182, Title III, Dec. 4, 1991; 105...

US army on anthrax buying spree.
The US military wants to buy large quantities of anthrax, in a controversial move that is likely to raise questions over its commitment to treaties designed to limit the spread of biological weapons. A series of contracts, says a NewScientist.com report, have been uncovered that relate to...

Chemical and biological warfare; a reference handbook, rev. ed.
1598840274 Chemical and biological warfare; a reference handbook, rev. ed. Mauroni, Al. ABC-CLIO 2007 319 pages $55.00 Hardcover ABC-CLIO's Contemporary world issues series UG447 This handbook for researchers and...

America's Struggle with Chemical-Biological Warfare.
America's Struggle with Chemical-Biological Warfare. By Albert J. Mauroni. Westport, Ct.: Praeger, 2000. Photographs. Notes. Index. Pp. 293. $65.00 ISBN 0-275-96756-5 Mauroni begins his volume with a Desert Shield "what if" scenario that describes all the nastiness that would have accrued to the U.S. without the protection...