A learn node of up-to-date knowledge of what homeland security is up against in the area of manipulating naturally occurring deadly materials is provided in the OpenCourseware at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in a course called Biological Agents of Water and Foodbourne Bioterrorism. The Notes to first lecture include this alarming overview:
- The microorganisms and toxins that could act as biological weapons are naturally occurring.
- The agents that could potentially be used as biological weapons are diverse and widely distributed in nature and include −
–viruses, bacteria, fungi, and protozoa −
–the toxins produced by many microbes
-These microbes are found naturally in soils, waters, plants, and animals.
The Bioterrorism section of the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a cluster of the latest expert material for the topic, including specific bioterrorism agents. The sections about agents are superb learnodes for their topics. For example the botulism information is broad and deep concerning the disease, its prevention and treatment.
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