The Effects of Biological Weapons on the Past and Present
The Effects of Biological Weapons on the Past and Presents Society
Thesis: Biological Warfare is morally and inhumanely wrong, It is the wrongful killing of men, women, and children. It should be stopped no matter what the circumstances are.
I. Introduction into the bad effects of biological warfare through some examples.
a. Example of single affect of biological warfare
b. Example of a country using Biological Warfare
II. Definition of Biological Warfare
a. Biological Warfare Agents
i. Micro-Organisms
ii. Toxins
b. History of biological warfare
i. Definition
ii. Affects it has on people
III. Reasons why biological warfare should be stopped.
a. Biological weapons are inhumane.
b. Impossible to control or predict its effect.
c. Pollutes the environment
d. Genetic Mutation
IV. Countries that still produce biological weapons
V. Biological and Toxins Convention
VI. Conclusion
The Effects of Biological Weapons on the Past and Presents Society
In 1978, a popular writer and Bulgarian exile by the name of Georgi Markov was going on his way to work in the British Broadcasting Corporation, which is better known as BBC, where he broadcasted to his homeland from a station named Radio Free Europe. While he was walking he felt a sudden sharp pain in his leg. When he turned around he observed a man picking up an umbrella. The man apologized for what he had done and kept on walking. Georgi Markov became sick that night and died a couple of days later. The autopsy that was conducted on the body uncovered a small pellet that had a coat of ricin on it, which is a biological poison (Mayer, p 4).
Throughout the early 1900’s, Great Britain was developing a biological weapon program. It all started because Great Britain was afraid that Germany and Japan had a great advantage in biological technology in comparison to them. They were testing to see the range of spread of the anthrax spores. Great Britain tested its weapons on the coast of the Island of Gruinard in Scotland were they thought it was far enough from they coast so it would not contaminate or hurt the mainland. In the year of 1943 throughout many experiments that were conducted it was proven that sheep and cattle were affected with anthrax. The British government thought of decontaminating the island that that meant that they had to brushfire they entire island to kill all of...