Chapter 28.5, Problem 1QTC

Summary Introduction

To analyze:

The need and the risks of an active research program to develop biological warfare by the United States.

Introduction:

Biological warfare is the technique of war using infectious living microorganisms like bacteria, viruses, and fungi or their products like spores or toxins to kill other living organisms like humans, animals, and plants. These are termed biological weapons and their use has been prohibited under the customary international humanitarian law.