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BIOTERRORISM

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BIO TERRORISM

RESHMAA
2ND YEAR BDS
DEFINITION

THE INTENTIONAL USE OF ANY MICROORGANISM, VIRUS, INFECTIOUS


SUBSTANCE, OR BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT THAT MAY BE ENGINEERED AS A
RESULT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY, OR ANY NATURALLY OCCURRING OR
BIOENGINEERED COMPONENT OF ANY SUCH MICROORGANISM, VIRUS,
INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCE, OR BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT, TO CAUSE DEATH,
DISEASE, OR OTHER BIOLOGICAL MALFUNCTION IN A HUMAN, AN ANIMAL,
A PLANT, OR ANOTHER LIVING ORGANISM IN ORDER TO INFLUENCE THE
CONDUCT OF GOVERNMENT OR TO INTIMIDATE OR COERCE A CIVILIAN
POPULATION.
WHAT ACTUALLY DOES IT MEAN?

• THE USE OF INFECTIOUS AGENTS OR OTHER HARMFUL


BIOLOGICAL OR BIOCHEMICAL SUBSTANCES AS
WEAPONS OF TERRORISM.
HISTORY

• BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS ARE NOT JUST A


21ST CENTURY CONCERN: HUMANS HAVE USED
INFECTIOUS AGENTS IN CONFLICTS FOR HUNDREDS OF
YEARS.
ATTACK ON AMERICA

• 1763
• BRITISH GOVT
• SMALL POX
SINO JAPANESE WAR

• 1930 TO 1940
• JAPANESE DROPPED BOMBS FILLED WITH PLAGUED
FLEAS ON CHINA
• 5. 8 LAKH CHINESE DIED
REMEMBER?
• DECADE AGO
• INLAND LETTERS POSED THREAT AMONG
INDIA
• HAD THE SPORES OF ANTHRAX BACILLI
BIO TERRORISM AGENTS

• THE AGENTS THAT ARE USED AS A BIOTERROSISM


WEAPON ARE CALLED BIO TERRORISM AGENTS.
CATEGORY
CATEGORY A
CATEGORY B
CATEGORY C
•CAN YOU RELATE BIO
TERRORISM TO ANY TAMIL
MOVIE?
IDEAL BIO TERROR WEAPON
GENEVA PROTOCOL

• 1925
• USE OF BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS BANNED
• STILL TERRORISTS USE IT EITHER BY THEMSELVES OR
UNDER THE GOVT.

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