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BIOLOGICAL CHERNOBYL. "The largest biological weapons accident known– the anthrax outbreak in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) in the Soviet Union in 1979, sheep became ill with anthrax as far as 200 kilometers from the release point of the organism from a military facility in the southeastern portion of the city (known as Compound 19 and still off limits to visitors today) ..." All records were expunged. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodefense View in LinkedIn

AGENT ORANGE. "During the Vietnam War, the U.S. military sprayed 20 million gallons of chemicals, including the very toxic Agent Orange, on the forests and farmlands of Vietnam and neighboring countries ... Vietnam estimates that as a result of the decade-long chemical attack, 400,000 people were killed or maimed, 500,000 babies have been born with birth defects, and 2 million have suffered from cancer or other illnesses." http://lnkd.in/dKZdVjF View in LinkedIn

SYRIAN BIOWARFARE ALLEGATIONS. "Syria's biological warfare programs are latent, compartmentalized and spread across its remaining bio-pharmaceutical infrastructure. The programs are designed to be highly agile to allow swift production if required." Worryingly, the report suggests that ... "the widespread looting of bio-pharmaceutical laboratories throughout the country." http://lnkd.in/dwGASnf View in LinkedIn

RUSSIAN STOCKPILES. "Possessed the world’s largest chemical weapons stockpile: 40,000 metric tons of chemical agent, including VX, sarin, soman, mustard, lewisite, mustard-lewisite mixtures, and phosgene. Russia has declared this to the OPCW and has commenced destruction ... It plans to complete destruction between 2015-2016." http://lnkd.in/dd2C6wz View in LinkedIn

US CHEMICAL WARFARE STOCKPILES. "Declared a large chemical arsenal of 27,771 metric tons to the OPCW after the CWC came into force in 1997. Along with Russia, the United States recieved an extension when it was unable to complete destruction of its chemical stockpiles by 2012. As of August 2013, the United States has destroyed nearly 25,000 metric tons of chemical agents. The United States Army believes that destruction will be completed by 2023." http://lnkd.in/dd2C6wz View in LinkedIn

REFERENCES FOR FOOD BIOWARFARE PROGRAMS." " http://lnkd.in/dnjsN5T http://lnkd.in/drn33tq View in LinkedIn

RECENT US AND SOVIET FOOD BIOWARFARE. "The United States and Canada secretly developed anti-livestock agents such as rinderpest ... the United States also produced and stockpiled three anti-crop agents: stem rust of wheat, stem rust of rye, and rice blast ... the Soviet Union’s anti-agricultural warfare program ... employed some 10,000 people and targeted poultry, livestock, and crops." http://lnkd.in/dnjsN5Thttp://lnkd.in/drn33tq View in LinkedIn

IRAQUI FOOD BIOWARFARE PROGRAMS. "Saddam Hussein’s Iraq developed a variety of fungal agents to attack Iran’s staple food crops ... Iraq conducted field tests of wheat cover smut to demonstrate its effectiveness as an anti-crop agent. Iraq also produced canisters designed to disperse the fungal agent over Iranian wheat fields." http://lnkd.in/dnjsN5Thttp://lnkd.in/drn33tq View in LinkedIn

US AND SOVIET FOOD-TARGETED BIOWARFARE. "During World War II, the United States and Canada secretly developed anti-livestock agents such as rinderpest ... Between 1951 and 1969, the United States also produced and stockpiled three anti-crop agents: stem rust of wheat, stem rust of rye, and rice blast. From the 1960s through the early 1990s, the Soviet Union’s anti-agricultural warfare program (which had the ironic cover-name “Ecology”) employed some 10,000 people and targeted poultry, livestock, and crops." http://lnkd.in/dnjsN5Thttp://lnkd.in/drn33tq View in LinkedIn

BIOMALWARE COMBINED WITH CROP MONOCULTURE "certainly increases food security issues, not only from a climatic and natural disease vulnerability, but also from the deliberate attempts of individuals, governments or corporations to game the system with genome-specific biomalware." http://lnkd.in/dZa_SKe View in LinkedIn