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The weaponizing of biology : bioterrorism, biocrime and biohacking / Marc E. Vargo.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers, (c)2017.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781476629339
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HV6433 .W437 2017
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Contents:
From ancient China to al-Qaeda: a brief history of biological warfare -- Bioterrorism and biocrime: ideologies, motives and objectives -- Biohacking: citizen science and societal risk -- Pathogens, toxins and their weaponization: science subverted -- Bad medicine: biocrime in the healthcare professions -- The Oregon conspiracy: salad bars, salmonella and the Orange People Sect -- Tokyo under siege: the Aum Shinrikyo biochemical attacks -- Lethal letters: September 11th and the anthrax enigma.
Subject: "Focusing on three forms of biological threat--bioterrorism, biocrime and biohacking--the author examines the history of biowarfare and terrorism, including the ideologies and motives of violent extremist organizations. Groups drawn to biological aggression are discussed, along with the array of viruses, bacteria and toxins they might use in their attacks"--
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction -- From ancient China to al-Qaeda: a brief history of biological warfare -- Bioterrorism and biocrime: ideologies, motives and objectives -- Biohacking: citizen science and societal risk -- Pathogens, toxins and their weaponization: science subverted -- Bad medicine: biocrime in the healthcare professions -- The Oregon conspiracy: salad bars, salmonella and the Orange People Sect -- Tokyo under siege: the Aum Shinrikyo biochemical attacks -- Lethal letters: September 11th and the anthrax enigma.

"Focusing on three forms of biological threat--bioterrorism, biocrime and biohacking--the author examines the history of biowarfare and terrorism, including the ideologies and motives of violent extremist organizations. Groups drawn to biological aggression are discussed, along with the array of viruses, bacteria and toxins they might use in their attacks"--

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