In methods of war, the use of biological and chemical weapons has been very controversial. Biological and chemical weapons have been effective during war, civil conflicts, and riots. These weapons have served an important role in the history of the world. However, biological and chemical weapons have been proven to be harmful, and the abusive effects on innocent people demonstrated the destructive nature of such weapons. Biological and chemical weapons should not be used since they have been proven to be harmful through the government's attempts to stop biological and chemical warfare, the observed effects and dangers, and the military use throughout the years.
The government has tried many times to abolish the use of biological and chemical weapons. The earliest try was after World War I. Sebastian Bulfour quotes, "European Powers agreed to reaffirm the principle that chemical and bacteriological weapons should be excluded from all future conflicts"(2). The next major push to ban these weapons would be in 1969, when the Nixon Administration, with the approval of the Defensive Department, which stated that biological weapons do not have military usefulness. They also, forever abandoned their development, production, and stock piling, in the USA, and announced that the U.S. would try to dismantle its biological weapons program. Also, in 1972, the Soviet Union tried by urging for a more compromising treaty including restriction on chemical weapons, and ended its opposition to a separate biological weapons treaty. ("Oxford", 109).
Oxford University Press quotes:.
"In 1975, the U.S. Senate ratified the Biological Weapons Convention. The Biological Weapons Convention prohibits the development, production, storage, and transfer of these weapons. The Convention establishes a new international agency, The Organization for the Prohibition of Biological and Chemical Weapons. By 1987, 110 nations had ratified the Biological and Chemical Weapons Convention and an additional 25 nations had signed but did not yet ratified it" (109).
Every chemical weapon agent has its own separate chemical properties. ... These weapons include the use of biologically derived toxins, poisons and microorganisms. Biological weapons are immensely destructive. ... The possible use of biological weapons is a matter of national and international concern. ... Some main concerns of biological weapons are that of anthrax, botulinal toxin, and mycotoxins. ...
What is the effect and history of biological and chemical weapons? ... The history of biological and chemical weapons goes way back. ... There is though effective protection against biological and chemical weapons. ... As technology advances, so will the chemical and biological weapons. ... The threat of a chemical and biological war in the near future is highly unlikely, but if there was a war there would be chemical and biological weapons involved. ...
Chemical and Biological Warfare I. ... Why use chemical weapons? ... In 1969, the United States stopped the production of all chemical weapons. ... Controls over the use of chemical weapons The first treaty to control the use of chemical weapons was the Geneva protocol mentioned earlier. 132 countries signed it. ... In 1993 various nations met at a Chemical Weapons Convention and agreed to destroy all chemical weapons within a period of 10 to 15 years, after signing the treaty. ...
Every chemical weapon agent has its own separate chemical properties. ... These weapons include the use of biologically derived toxins, poisons and microorganisms. Biological weapons are immensely destructive. ... The possible use of biological weapons is a matter of national and international concern. ... Some main concerns of biological weapons are that of anthrax, botulinal toxin, and mycotoxins. ...
Chemical weapons use the toxic properties of chemical substances to produce physical or physiological effects on an enemy. ... This was the first milestone chemical weapons had come across. ... With WWII came a new fear of chemical weapons. ... Since chemical weapons were most effective on unsuspecting victims, and after WWI every country knew about them, WWII did not see much use of chemical weapons of the field. ... The threat of chemical and biological attacks have increased recently, with the War on Terrorism, the anthrax attacks, and the Iraqi War. ...
During World War II (WWII) it was common knowledge that the Germans and Japanese, and to a lesser extent, the US were experimenting with chemical and biological weapons. ... It was apparent that society did not condone nor would it allow the use of biological or chemical weapons, even in wartime. ... The US built up huge stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, as did the USSR. ... Some of the most deadly chemical and biological weapons are Anthrax, Cholera, Smallpox, The Plague, Ricin, Chlorine Gas, Hydrogen Cyanide, Sarin, and VX. ... No one citizen of the U.S. knows how prepared we...
Finally, I will conclude by going over The beginning of the twenty-first century saw such an alarming rise in events where chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons were involved. ... And finally, biological are a real treat, because they can either be as easy to make as chemical weapons and have the destructive force of nuclear weapon. ... Biological weapons use pathogens and toxins to infect large amounts of people. Since the weapon is biological the main concern is that it could be more lethal than the chemical weapons previously mentioned. ... The last two biological weapons are b...
Biological and Chemical warfare is one of the most dreaded forms of attack on the battlefield. ... Biological weapons, as opposed to chemical weapons, are effective with a relatively small quantity of agent. ... Most biological weapons are influenza viruses or pneumonic plague bacillus. ... During the cold war, many nations began experimenting and stockpiling biological and chemical weapons. ... Some 80 nations signed the Biological Weapons Convention, which the United States ratified in 1974. ...
They are biological, chemical, and nuclear and radiological weapons. ... Biological Weapons First we must understand where such agents can be made. ... When this device is finally working, it will give us early detection of a biological weapon. Chemical Weapons A chemical weapon is the use of chemicals or industrial waste to harm or alter the behavior of an opponent during a military operation (Karasik 7). ... The chemical weapons that pose the most threat to society are gases because they are easy to transport and deploy. ...