Balancing Public Health and Bioterrorism Defenses
On Thursday, March 17, 2005 the Scientist Working Group had two letters published in the Washington Post.
750 Scientists Express Concern About Biodefense Funding
The letter expresses concern about the decrease in support for research on basic microbial physiology, genetics, and pathogenesis that has occurred as a consequence of the NIH decision in 2001-2002 to prioritize research on bioweapons agents.
Expert Calls for Safeguarding World Health Organization From Biological Weapons Related Politics
No one should assume that WHO is the last and only resort for investigating the use of disease as a weapon.
Experts Question Merit of Recent Smallpox Exercise
The tabletop simulation used unrealistic assumptions to project massive casualties and scare the public and Western governments into thinking there is a strong potential for an attack that is actually unlikely to occur, the experts said.
Statement at the Meeting of States Parties to the BWC
The Scientists Working Group on Biological and Chemical Weapons addresses a Biological Weapons Convention meeting.
BioWeapons Prevention Project Releases First Edition of Its BioWeapons Report
The report explains the dangers posed bytraditional and potentially new biological weapons and describes some of the many steps governmentscan and should take to reduce the threat.
Announcement of Appointment of Biological and Chemical Weapons Control Program Director
Alan M. Pearson has been appointed as the Director of the Biological and Chemical Weapons Control Program at the Center.
Scientists' Working Group on Chemical and Biological Weapons Joins Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation
The Working Group, founded in 1989, has joined the Center’s newly expanded program on biological and chemical weapons control.
Home Grown Proliferation: Testimony Reveals Serious Weaknesses in Pentagon Control Over Equipment Needed for Biological Weapons Laboratory
The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation criticized the federal government today for undercutting its own non-proliferation and homeland security policies by selling equipment that can be used to make biological weapons.
"Nonlethal Chemical Weapons Pose Different Threat"
A Baltimore Sun article on the U.S. preventive war to eliminate Iraq’s chemical, biological and nuclear weapons programs.
Experts Advise Congress on Chemical and Biological Weapons Use in Iraq
The United States does not know exactly what chemical or biological weapons Iraq possesses and does not know exactly what their impact would be on U.S. forces; but Iraq is limited in its delivery capability.
Letter to President Bush and Prime Minister Blair Concerning the Potential Use of Chemical Agents During the Prosecution of an Iraq War
In the interest of national and global security, the United States and all of its allies must uphold the standards of international behavior that they seek to enforce and must not use chemical incapacitating agents or chemical riot control agents in the war with Iraq.
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