BIOTERRORISM
BIOTERRORISM
WARFARE/
CHEMICAL WARFARE
Prepared by:
Shem Marie Fideles Chu Daños, RN, MAN
are those pathogens used
deliberately to infect
persons, as well as toxins
normally derived from
plants or animals. As with
naturally occurring
infectious diseases,
biological agents used in
terrorism can infect
through respiratory and
ingestion routes.
CHEMICAL
AGENTS
Include the many toxic
chemicals that may be
available to terrorists.
Everything from chlorine gas
to the highly potent nerve
agents (e.g., toxic
organophosphate
compounds) are considered
in this category.
WHY WOULD TERRORISTS USE
CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL
AGENTS?
oBy virtue of their novel and fearsome
qualities, unconventional agents can be
used as a “force multiplier” terror
weapon against an unprotected
population (Falkenrath, Newman, &
Thayer, 1998)
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