Bioweapons Forum

A discussion of biological weaponry (BW), including how advances in the biosciences greatly expand the possible types of weapons far beyond the traditional use of infectious agents and biological toxins, represents a new direction for discussion within Geneforum.

In one sense, this is not a topic of immediate relevance in the world, that is, nobody, save perhaps for a few misguided souls, seems to be trying to use them. At least as far as we know. And it is known, or strongly suspected, that a number of countries are still developing offensive weapons, including at least one of the staunchest allies of the United States. The Biological Weapons Convention entered into force in 1975 and has been ratified by most (with a few notable exceptions) countries of the world.

As a topic with possibly catastropic implications, however, it is a most timely and relevant one for Geneforum.