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Log on to https://www.listlabs.com/products/anthrax-toxins/anthrax-lethal-factor/ come on, I dare you. There one can buy up 10mg of lethal factor Anthrax for only $2,325. Have they not learned from our many past mistakes; that potentially lethal biological agents are cheap and easy to come by? It's as easy as one online recipe to a biohazardous farm in a person’s grandma's basement. Biological agents, weapons, and warfare have been used to wage war, gain attention and prove points. For over a century, enemies have been using death, diseases, and viruses to gain the upper hand on their opponents. Biological weapons have been used in many wars and everyday life but the first documented event happened in Sixth century A.D. (501 A.D. - 600 A.D.) …show more content…

They utilized their resources and did what had to be done. "Sixth century B.C. Assyrians poisoned the wells of their enemies with wheat that had been contaminated with ergot, a deadly fungus...The Romans threw dead animals into water supplies of their enemies to infect with deadly bacteria." (Cobb 19). Using things that were easy to come by in that time like agricultural products and dead animals, they weakened their oppressors by doing something as simple as dropping a dead raccoon or some rotting wheat in their neighbor’s well and water sources. However, as time evolved so did their means of using these weapons. They soon learned that biological warfare has its repercussions." In 1346, When Tartars were attacking the city of Kaffa (known today as Fedossia, Ukraine.). The city was surrounded by high walls, and the siege had lasted years. During that time, the Tartar army was struck by the Plague. To weaken the city of Kaffa, the Tartars hurled the bodies of the people who had died of the plague over the walls into the city of …show more content…

They either are trying to get their point across or would like to gain some kind of twisted and demented attention. Stupid people have been doing stupid stuff for a long time now but hand that senseless person a biological weapon and that is when it gets dangerous. "It started as building permits were being denied for Rajneeshpuram. The Rajneeshees decided to attempt to gain political control by trying to win seats in the Wasco County government. To win the elections they decided to take drastic action...decided the way to win the election was to incapacitate the voters of The Dalles so they would be too sick and stay home and the Rajneeshees could win the elections...Between September and October of 1984, numerous people were coming forth with the horrible symptoms...It was confirmed that the citizens were sick with Salmonella enterica Typhimurium, a bacteria that causes food poisoning and gastroenteritis...there hasn't been a case of Salmonella in several years in this county... a common link to 10 restaurants...it was linked to lettuce at the salad bars...a member either spread it over the food at the salad bar or poured it into the salad dressing. Of curiosity, the town of Rajneeshpuram had a small medical laboratory which had the exact strain in their stock as the strain that

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