U.S. Senator Dick Lugar will lead a host of Pentagon arms control experts to secure biowarfare threats and destroy lethal arms in Africa next week. Read More

Four graduate students at Northwestern University have created a sensor chip that has the ability to detect dangerous substances, including anthrax, in patients. Read More

CBRN reconnaissance forces need to continue to merge together and compliment one another, Dr. Alexander Grabowski said in a recent interview with CBRNEworld.com. Read More

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A 71-year-old Alabama man was indicted this week by a federal grand jury for mailing hoax anthrax letters to offices in Alabama, Nebraska and Washington D.C. Read More

The University of Pennsylvania has been awarded a five year contract by the Department of Defense Read More

Universal Detection Technology has received a purchase order for its biological detection equipment from its distributor in China to fight bioterrorism. Read More

An FBI spokesman has announced that a suspicious powder sent to an Arizona congressman was found to be nontoxic. Read More

Residents who live or work near the Pueblo Chemical Depot in Pueblo, Colorado, are being surveyed by officials about safety measures meant to keep them secure. Read More

Rhode Island homeland security officials have beefed up security at the Port of Providence by placing three chemical detectors to sample the air for potential chemical threats. Read More

A disease that is normally found in rodents and rabbits has raised enough concern over its potential use as a bioterrorist threat that health officials are kicking off a study to examine potential vaccines. Read More

Prompted by recent recommendations from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a new initiative by the Institute for Biosecurity at St. Louis University to protect first responders against anthrax attacks has begun. Read More

Officials with Israel’s Rambam medical center in Haifa say they are taking part in a massive project to fortify the center against a direct conventional, biological or chemical attack. Read More

Federal health officials have recently released guidelines on how companies that supply synthetic DNA should screen orders to ensure that groups or individuals do not use synthetic DNA to create dangerous organisms for bioterror purposes. Read More

Officials with the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses have said that they believe that North Korea has the ability to produce up to 12,000 tons of chemical weapons. Read More

Officials with Universal Detection Technology have announced that they will be showcasing the company’s biological and chemical detection equipment at the 2010 ASIS International Conference in Dallas, Texas. Read More

Federal agents have reported that they are pursuing leads to discover who mailed envelopes full of white powder to 17 independent school districts in Houston, Texas. Read More

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for International and Legal Affairs Mohammad Mehdi Akhoundzadeh called on all world leaders to take steps towards dismantling all weapons of mass destruction in the world with a focus on chemical weapons. Read More

A federal grand jury in Bridgeport, Connecticut, returned a five count indictment this week against a man for delivering a bomb threat and for mailing threatening communications. Read More

Former India president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam recently stressed the need for a greater role in technology to help prevent biological attack. Read More

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Bangladesh Livestock Minister Abdul Latif Biswas has claimed that the anthrax scare in Bangladesh is only propaganda being spread by seven organizations of the poultry traders. Read More

Army officials announced this week that they expect to destroy 38,000 mustard agent shells at the Pueblo Chemical Depot instead of the 40,000 that was initially estimated. Read More

Officials with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory recently announced they will be working with AWS Convergence technologies on a weather system that will be used during biological, chemical or nuclear attacks. Read More

Officials with AirBoss of America Corp. recently announced that they have received orders worth $15.3 million to manufacture protective gloves for the U.S. military. Read More

Health officials have reported anthrax cases in both animals and humans in Russia Read More

Federal authorities have announced that a man has been charged with sending more than 50 anthrax hoax and bomb threat letters to government officials and buildings. Read More

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The Bangladeshi government has formed a 25 member National Steering Committee to help deal with a major outbreak of anthrax among the country Read More