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Web sites with information on BCR incidents

 

Frequently-Asked Questions on Bioterrorism and Chemical Terrorism
World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/emc/questions.htm

Responding to the deliberate use of biological agents and chemicals as weapons -
World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/emc/deliberate_epi.html

The Public Health Response to Biological and Chemical Terrorism
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - CDC
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/

Bioterrorism and Public Health - Components of Response
Health Canada
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/pphb-dgspsp/publicat/ccdr-rmtc/01vol27/dr2704ea.html

Medical Aspect of Biological Warfare
University of California, San Francisco
http://medicine.ucsf.edu/resources/guidelines/guide17.html#bioterror

Chemical and Radiological Preparedness
Emergency Management Agency, FEMA
http://www.fema.gov/pte/carep.htm

A new Vigilance: Identifying and Reducing the Risk of Environmental Terrorism
Pacific Institute: Studies in Development, Environment and Security
http://www.pacinst.org/

The Chemical and Biological Terrorism Threat and the US Response
HL Simpson Center.
http://www.stimson.org/cwc/terror.htm

Disaster Services
American Red Cross
www.redcross.org

Bioterrorism: the next threat?
The Economist.
http://economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=808921

Biological warfare, bioterrorism, biodefence and the biological and toxin weapons Convention.
http://www.ejb.org/content/vol2/issue3/full/2/bip/

Assessing the Health Consequences of Major Chemical Incidents:
Epidemiological Approaches
World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/disasters/tg.cfm?doctypeID=19

INTOX Databank on toxic agent
INCHEM Chemical Safety and Management of Chemical

International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS)
www.who.int/pcs/index.htm