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Advances in Bio-weaponry

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the more-governmental-control-obviously-necessary dept.

kjh1 writes "Technology Review is running an eye-opening article on how biotechnology has advanced to the point where producing bio-weapons that were once only possible with the backing of governments with enormous resources is now possible with equipment purchased off eBay. You can now purchase a mini-lab of equipment for less than $10,000. The writer also interviewed a former Soviet bioweaponeer, Serguei Popov, who worked at the Biopreparat, the Soviet agency that secretly developed biological weapons. Popov has since moved to the US and provided a great deal of information on the types of weapons the Soviets were developing."

2 of 279 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Me thinks thou doth protest too much... by Xymor · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    My imaginary girlfriend says:
    - Lord Kano, you're Evil and Dante, you're pathetic.

  2. RTFA? by themadplasterer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Most Slashdot users normally don't RTFA, and this one runs 12 pages long.

    How many users are actually going to RTFA before commenting.

    I for one am not!