http://www.bioprepwatch.com keeping you well informed Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:32:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://www.bioprepwatch.com/weapons_of_bioterrorism/pakistani-police-cant-explain-failures-in-anthrax-probe/322962/ http://www.bioprepwatch.com/weapons_of_bioterrorism/pakistani-police-cant-explain-failures-in-anthrax-probe/322962/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:23:25 +0000 Ted Purlain http://www.bioprepwatch.com/?p=322962 Pakistani police recently announced that they are currently conducting an investigation into a package containing anthrax sent to the office of the prime minister in the capital Islamabad. In what appears to be the first reported case of anthrax sent … Read More]]> http://www.bioprepwatch.com/weapons_of_bioterrorism/pakistani-police-cant-explain-failures-in-anthrax-probe/322962/feed/ 0 http://www.bioprepwatch.com/international_bioterror_policy/japan-to-develop-hazardous-substances-warning-system/322965/ http://www.bioprepwatch.com/international_bioterror_policy/japan-to-develop-hazardous-substances-warning-system/322965/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:01:33 +0000 Jeffrey Bigongiari http://www.bioprepwatch.com/?p=322965 Japan’s Ministry of Defense is contemplating the development of a system that can predict the spread of hazardous substances that could be released into the environment by terrorists or as the result of a natural disaster. The system would be … Read More]]> http://www.bioprepwatch.com/international_bioterror_policy/japan-to-develop-hazardous-substances-warning-system/322965/feed/ 0 http://www.bioprepwatch.com/news/counter-terrorism-labs-used-to-identify-synthetic-drugs/322963/ http://www.bioprepwatch.com/news/counter-terrorism-labs-used-to-identify-synthetic-drugs/322963/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:31:29 +0000 Paul Tinder http://www.bioprepwatch.com/?p=322963 Counter-terorrism labs meant to fight bioterrorism like the Arkansas Department of Health have instead started to help police identify a synthetic drug that produces a marijuana-like high and has sent hundreds to the hospital. The lab typically creates tests, such … Read More]]> http://www.bioprepwatch.com/news/counter-terrorism-labs-used-to-identify-synthetic-drugs/322963/feed/ 0 http://www.bioprepwatch.com/weapons_of_bioterrorism/illinois-partnership-aims-to-stop-threat-of-agro-terrorism/322964/ http://www.bioprepwatch.com/weapons_of_bioterrorism/illinois-partnership-aims-to-stop-threat-of-agro-terrorism/322964/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:19:31 +0000 Bryan Cohen http://www.bioprepwatch.com/?p=322964 An Illinois partnership between agriculture organizations and law enforcement agencies hopes to protect Illinois food systems, farms and consumers from the threats of agro-terrorism. The Illinois Agro-Security Working Group looks to raise awareness of these issues among those in the … Read More]]> http://www.bioprepwatch.com/weapons_of_bioterrorism/illinois-partnership-aims-to-stop-threat-of-agro-terrorism/322964/feed/ 0 http://www.bioprepwatch.com/weapons_of_bioterrorism/lockheed-martin-awarded-contract-to-move-usamriid/322951/ http://www.bioprepwatch.com/weapons_of_bioterrorism/lockheed-martin-awarded-contract-to-move-usamriid/322951/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:35:54 +0000 Ted Purlain http://www.bioprepwatch.com/?p=322951 Read More]]> http://www.bioprepwatch.com/weapons_of_bioterrorism/lockheed-martin-awarded-contract-to-move-usamriid/322951/feed/ 0 http://www.bioprepwatch.com/us_bioterror_policy/department-of-defense-to-increase-biothreat-preparedness-spending/322950/ http://www.bioprepwatch.com/us_bioterror_policy/department-of-defense-to-increase-biothreat-preparedness-spending/322950/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:16:52 +0000 Jeffrey Bigongiari http://www.bioprepwatch.com/?p=322950 The U.S. Department of Defense will increase spending to combat the threat of biological weapons, such as the toxin ricin, in the wake of an assessment that a terror group might conduct a “limited” attack on U.S. soil within the … Read More]]> http://www.bioprepwatch.com/us_bioterror_policy/department-of-defense-to-increase-biothreat-preparedness-spending/322950/feed/ 0 http://www.bioprepwatch.com/weapons_of_bioterrorism/anthrax-sent-to-pakistani-prime-minister/322956/ http://www.bioprepwatch.com/weapons_of_bioterrorism/anthrax-sent-to-pakistani-prime-minister/322956/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:43:32 +0000 Paul Tinder http://www.bioprepwatch.com/?p=322956 A university professor allegedly sent an anthrax-containing packet to Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s office in October, a spokesman for the prime minister recently revealed. The package, which was allegedly sent by a female professor who was not otherwise … Read More]]> http://www.bioprepwatch.com/weapons_of_bioterrorism/anthrax-sent-to-pakistani-prime-minister/322956/feed/ 0 http://www.bioprepwatch.com/us_bioterror_policy/nsabb-speaks-out-on-weaponized-h5n1-flap/322955/ http://www.bioprepwatch.com/us_bioterror_policy/nsabb-speaks-out-on-weaponized-h5n1-flap/322955/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:21:29 +0000 Bryan Cohen http://www.bioprepwatch.com/?p=322955 The core of the U.S. biosecurity advisory board’s unease about two unpublished, controversial H5N1 virus studies is that they have demonstrated how to remove the natural barrier preventing viruses from spreading efficiently in mammals. By removing the barrier, these mutant … Read More]]> http://www.bioprepwatch.com/us_bioterror_policy/nsabb-speaks-out-on-weaponized-h5n1-flap/322955/feed/ 0 http://www.bioprepwatch.com/us_bioterror_policy/clapper-warns-of-lone-wolf-attack/322938/ http://www.bioprepwatch.com/us_bioterror_policy/clapper-warns-of-lone-wolf-attack/322938/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:54:47 +0000 Ted Purlain http://www.bioprepwatch.com/?p=322938 A top U.S. intelligence official recently warned Congress that Iran is now more willing to attack the United States and American interests abroad, but said questioned if any terrorist attack on U.S. soil would make use of chemical, biological or … Read More]]> http://www.bioprepwatch.com/us_bioterror_policy/clapper-warns-of-lone-wolf-attack/322938/feed/ 0 http://www.bioprepwatch.com/medical_countermeasures/computers-used-to-find-safer-bioagent-decontaminating-methods/322937/ http://www.bioprepwatch.com/medical_countermeasures/computers-used-to-find-safer-bioagent-decontaminating-methods/322937/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:36:44 +0000 Jeffrey Bigongiari http://www.bioprepwatch.com/?p=322937 U.S. researchers are using computer programs to find new, and substantially safer, means of decontaminating deadly chemical and biological agents. A team from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California recently demonstrated that they can reduce the number of hazardous … Read More]]> http://www.bioprepwatch.com/medical_countermeasures/computers-used-to-find-safer-bioagent-decontaminating-methods/322937/feed/ 0