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  • Title: Chemical and biological weapons: new questions, new answers.
    Author: Hood E.
    Journal: Environ Health Perspect; 1999 Dec; 107(12):931-2. PubMed ID: 10585899.
    Abstract:
    The words "chemical and biological weapons" (CBW) send a shiver down most spines these days. With the end of the Cold War, the possibility of a massive nuclear confrontation appears remote, so today many popular doomsday scenarios center on the aggressive use of chemical or biological warfare by rogue nations or terrorist groups. As exaggerated as some of the accounts are, with CBW cast as the latest unseen, unstoppable enemy, the threat posed by these weapons is all too real, and growing.
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