What are Bioweapons?
Bioweapons are the devices and methods for indiscriminately delivering a harmful agents to usually large groups of people. What are some types of Biowarfare agents? Among the bacteria, viruses, toxins and chemical agents that can be used as biological agents are: Bacteria, Viruses, Toxins and Chemicals Anthrax is a bacteria shaped like tiny rods. It exists naturally, where it can be found in the soil in a “spore” form, which means it can last for a long time until activated, usually when livestock are grazing over soil contaminated with it. Until it was developed for use as a weapon, it usually only caused disease among people handling a lot of animal hides and was once even known as “woolsorter’s disease”. It can infect the skin, lungs, or (rarely) the digestive tract. When it affects the skin, “symptoms may appear 12 hours to 5 days after exposure to the bacteria. A skin infection begins as a red-brown bump that enlarges, with considerable swelling at the edges. The bump blisters and
