Is the Fear of Biological Terrorism Justified?
Peter Pringle is a journalist who has worked for the London Sunday Times and the Independent. He is also the author of Cornered: Big Tobacco at the Bar of Justice, an account of the major lawsuit settlements against U.S. tobacco companies in 1997. Summary: Biological terrorist threats are multiplying even though few incidents of such terrorism have actually been carried out. The threats, however, are being taken seriously, especially in the United States where media fascination with new weapons of mass destruction has fueled a…
