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Biological Weapons

U.S. Army's Technical Escort Unit

The United States Army Technical Escort Unit provides the Department of Defense and other federal agencies with a unique, immediate response capability for chemical and biological warfare material. The Tech Escort missions include worldwide response for escorting, rendering-safe, disposing, sampling verification, mitigating hazards and identifying weaponized and non-weaponized chemical, biological and hazardous material. The TEU is a member of the Chemical/Biological Rapid Response Team (C/B-RRT).

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Hot Links

Department of Defense Anthrax Immunization Program - Overview and Questions and Answers

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Guide to Diseases

Web Sites

Biological Control Home Page - Guide providing photographs and descriptions of major biological control agents of major insect, disease and weed pests in North America.

Biological Collections Via the Internet - The easiest way to find collections on the internet.

Image Library of Biological Macromolecules - Just in case you need to know what macromolecule looks like what, this is the place to find out.

Federation of American Scientists Chemical and Biological Weapons Program

GulfLink - The official web site for the Office of the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses

Military Research Institutes

U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) - Among its many other programs, USAMRIID conducts vital biological defense research. Be sure to visit their links page...

Chemical and Biological Defense Information Analysis Center (CBDIAC)

Civilian Research Centers

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

World Health Organization (WHO)

Related Online Publications

Information Paper - DoD Biological Warfare Threat Analysis

Information Paper - DoD Biological Warfare Force Protection

Information Paper - Anthrax as a Biological Warfare Agent

Information Paper - The Anthrax Vaccine

Information Paper - Anthrax Vaccine and the Gulf War

Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering: Implications for the Development of New Warfare Agents - 1996 Acquisition of biotechnology, and biological weapons capabilities, is considerably easier than was the case in the 1940's and 1950's. This report provides information to the Congressional defense committees on the national security threats posed by such potential developments of new agents through advances in biotechnology and genetic engineering.

Nuclear Biological Chemical Defense Annual Report to Congress 1997 - The NBC Defense Annual Report Series containsmodernization plan summaries that highlight the USDoD's approach to improving the current NBC Defense equipment and resolve current shortcomings in USDoD programs.

U.S. Legislation - Biological Weapons

United States Code - TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 10 - BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS

§ 175. Prohibitions with respect to biological weapons.

§ 176. Seizure, forfeiture, and destruction.

§ 177. Injunctions.

§ 178. Definitions.

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