BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS AND MICROBIAL TERRORISM: IMPLICATIONS FOR SOCIETY AND SECURITY

Microbial terrorism as the name itself signifies is the use of microbes among the certain group of people or among animals which are close to the humans or by any other means which proves to be fatal and thus causes an epidemic to occur in the areas where these microbes have been released. As soon as the microbes are released they start showing there adverse effects like it can lead to mutation and these changes can lead to the genetic alterations which leads to death of the person once he gets effected by these microbial spores. The most well-known attack of bioterrorism in the present century is that by the anthrax spores in New York in October 2001. It is understood that even a small bioterrorist attack can lead to the destruction in the complete economy of the country and this can prove to be the most deteriorating situation. Microorganisms act as good weapons since their mass production from a single cell is easy without much skill and infrastructure in comparison to the devastation and disease they cause.