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    bio-agents. More than 1,200 different kinds of potentially weaponizable bio-agents have been described and studied to date. Some biological agents have...
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    potential pests. Biological control agents such as these include predators, parasitoids, pathogens, and competitors. Biological control agents of plant diseases...
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    Biological warfare, also known as germ warfare, is the use of biological toxins or infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses, insects, and fungi with...
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    terrorism involving the intentional release or dissemination of biological agents. These agents include bacteria, viruses, insects, fungi, and/or their toxins...
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  • supplement to leavening agents is mechanical action by which air is incorporated (i.e. kneading). Leavening agents can be biological or synthetic chemical...
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  • Under United States law, Biological select agents or toxins (BSATs)—or simply select agents for short—are bio-agents which (since 1997) have been declared...
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  • stockpile of biological agents and weapons. Over the course of its 27-year history, the program weaponized and stockpiled seven bio-agents — Bacillus anthracis...
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  • Incapacitating agent is a chemical or biological agent which renders a person unable to harm themselves or others, regardless of consciousness. Lethal agents are...
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  • refer to: Biological agent, an infectious disease or toxin that can be used in bioterrorism or biological warfare Biological process Biological relationship...
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  • Rhymefest from El Che (2010) "The Agent" (Little Man Tate song) (2006) Agent (video game), a stealth action game Biological agent, a bacterium, virus, protozoan...
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    government reports, if not bound chemically to a biological surface such as soil, leaves or grass, Agent Orange dries quickly after spraying and breaks...
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    a set of biocontainment precautions required to isolate dangerous biological agents in an enclosed laboratory facility. The levels of containment range...
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    A biological hazard, or biohazard, is a biological substance that poses a threat (or is a hazard) to the health of living organisms, primarily humans....
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  • Chemical, biological (CB) — and sometimes radiological — warfare agents were assigned what is termed a military symbol by the U.S. military until the...
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  • chemical and biological warfare. Borden Institute, Walter Reed Army Medical Center. ISBN 978-9997320919. "Chemical and Biological Agents". New Environment...
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    chemical and biological agents from reaching the skin of the wearer. Some are equipped with a charcoal lining to neutralize some agents. Military personnel...
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  • “a pesticide made from biological sources, that is from toxins which occur naturally. - naturally occurring biological agents used to kill pests by causing...
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    which involved spraying several U.S. ships with various biological and chemical warfare agents, while thousands of U.S. military personnel were aboard...
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    The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), or Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC), is a disarmament treaty that effectively bans biological and...
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    bacteria, spores, and unicellular eukaryotic organisms) and other biological agents (such as prions or viruses) present in or on a specific surface, object...
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  • Before the 20th century, the use of biological agents took three major forms: Deliberate contamination of food and water with poisonous or contagious...
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    of these agents were genetically altered to resist heat, cold, and antibiotics. In the 1990s, Boris Yeltsin admitted to an offensive biological weapons...
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  • affecting interstate or foreign commerce any biological agent or toxin or receive any biological agent or toxin that has been shipped or transported...
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    A weapon of mass destruction (WMD) is a biological, chemical, radiological, nuclear, or any other weapon that can kill or significantly harm many people...
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  • of the first biological agent-based models that contained social characteristics. He tried to model the reality of lively biological agents, known as artificial...
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    high-flying aircraft are actually "chemtrails" consisting of chemical or biological agents, sprayed for nefarious purposes undisclosed to the general public...
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  • Act of 1989. That law defined a biological agent as: any micro-organism, virus, infectious substance, or biological product that may be engineered as...
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    Dalles, the largest population center in Wasco County. The chosen biological agent was Salmonella enterica Typhimurium, which was first delivered through...
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    physical agents such as ionizing and non-ionizing radiation, and biologic agents such as viruses and bacteria. Most carcinogens act by creating mutations...
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    and training for medical defense against biological warfare agents and naturally occurring infectious agents of military importance that require special...
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