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Replication and ChemBio Warfare

Earliest recorded use of ChemBio weapons. 429 B.C.E. - Spartans ignite pitch and sulphur to create toxic fumes in the Peloponnesian War.960-1279 C.E. - Arsenical smoke used in battle during China's Sung Dynasty.1346-1347 C.E. - Mongols catapult corpses contaminated with plague over the walls int

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Replication and ChemBio Warfare

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    1. Replication and ChemBio Warfare

    2. Earliest recorded use of ChemBio weapons 429 B.C.E. - Spartans ignite pitch and sulphur to create toxic fumes in the Peloponnesian War. 960-1279 C.E. - Arsenical smoke used in battle during China's Sung Dynasty. 1346-1347 C.E. - Mongols catapult corpses contaminated with plague over the walls into Kaffa, forcing besieged Genoans to flee.

    3. Most recent intentional uses of ChemBio 1983 – Use of mustard gas in the Iran/Iraq war 1984 – The Rajneeshees (an apocalyptic Buddhist cult) infect 751 with salmonella in Oregon restaurants. 1987 – Iraq uses chemical weapons (hydrogen cyanide, mustard gas) in its Anfal Campaign against the Kurds 1995 – Members of Aum Shinrikyo, a Japanese religious movement, attack the Tokyo subway system with sarin gas, killing 20 2001 – Five killed in the United States by weaponized anthrax spores delivered in the mail.

    4. Anthrax "woolsorter's disease" Bacillis anthracis - a common bacterium in soil Primarily infects large vertebrates Spore-forming under unfavorable growth conditions A favorite of weapons-makers because: Sporated form stores for years Easily grown Easily dispersed when spores are properly made High mortality Non-transmissible

    5. Cutaneous anthrax Possible only through a cut or abrasion in the skin.  Occurs through contact with infected animals Not normally lethal with antibiotic treatment Symptoms Raised bump Painless ulcer with a necrotic center Swollen lymph nodes locally

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