Bio Weapons

🔹 About

1. aka germ weapons, They use microorganisms and natural toxins to produce disease in humans, animals, or plants.

2. They can be derived from: bacteria, viruses, rickettsia, biological toxins and fungi.

3. Biological weapons, like chemical weapons, radiological weapons, and nuclear weapons, are commonly referred to as weapons of mass destruction.

🔹 Facts

1. Bacillus anthracis, the bacteria that causes anthrax, is one of the most likely agents to be used in a biological attack.

2. The most destructive bioterrorism scenario is the airborne dispersion of pathogens over a major population region.

🔹 The Biological Weapons Convention

1. The first multilateral disarmament treaty

2. It bans the development, production and stockpiling of an entire category of weapons of mass destruction.

3. It was opened for signature on 10 April 1972. The BWC entered into force on 26 March 1975.