There is no longer a question of wether or not a bioterrioists will attack, but rather the .
question remains, when will they attack. "It is highly likely that a terrorist group could threaten .
or attack Americans with germs within the next few years". (Taylor). Chemical and Biological .
warfare intentionally uses viruses, bacteria, fungi, or toxinsfrom living organisms and death or .
disease in humans animals, or plants. Fermentation can be used to produce such bacterial .
agents such as anthrax, brucellosis, cholera, meloidosis, plague, or tularemia. Other viral agents .
are smallpox, cimean congo HF, rift valley fever, and vee. Use of these types of viruses and .
bacteria are becoming widespread in many areas of the world because they can affect many .
people efficiently and are cost effective. What is the effect and history of biological and .
chemical weapons?.
Biological weapons are the harmful use of micro organisms or toxins that attack a .
person or animals body at the cellular level. This is also called germ warfare. These micro .
organisms can cause vomitting, convusions, headaches, involuntary defecation, impair visibility .
and can also be lethal. Biological Engineering allows scientist to create new virus straains that .
are even more deadlier and effecient. Only a small number of these organisms could kill millions .
of people in a few seconds, if it is properly distributed. Biological weapons have many effective .
possibilities. They can cause soldiers to become sick and unable to fight. Biological weapons .
can also infect an enemy's crops or water supply and damage them. .
Chemical weapons are chemical agents that affect the nervous system, breathing, skin, .
eyes, nose, or any other body part. Chemicals come in many shapes and sizes, they can be in .
the form of a gas, liquid, sprays, and powders. The chemical can be colourless, odourless, and .
tasteless which makes it to hard for a person to know what is going on until it is to late.