Biological and Chemical Weapons
The CBW Chronicle
A periodic newsletter about international and domestic events related to the control and elimination of chemical and biological weapons
CBW Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 2 (June 2003)
Congress Pursues Program to Strengthen Bioterrorism Capabilities
SARS Provides Trial Run for International, US Bioterrorism Response Plans
Monkeypox Outbreak Activates Public Health Response
Health, Funding Concerns Partially Derail Smallpox Vaccination Program
Congress Creates Vaccine Compensation Fund
Chemical Industry Security Improvements Debated in Congress
Chem-Bio Blurbs: Recent Developments in the Field
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CBW Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 1 (January 2003)
Weapons Inspections Resume in Iraq
President Announces Plan to Vaccinate Military, Emergency Response Personnel
States, Localities Weigh Vaccination Decision
FDA Orders Anthrax Vaccine Stocks Recalled
Department of Homeland Security Established
GAO, DOD Question Military Preparedness for Chemical and Biological Warfare
Report Says Chemical Weapon Incineration Safer than Storage
Russians Use Incapacitant Gas to End Theater Siege
DoD Releases New Information on 1960s Chemical and Biological Testing
Biological Weapons Treaty Reconvenes After Year-long Recess
Chemical Weapons Treaty Makes Headway on Budget Issues
Chem-Bio Blurbs: Recent Developments in the Field
Editor’s Note
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CBW Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 2 (August 2002)
New Chief Appointed to Lead Chemical Ban Organization
Possible Methods to Expand Smallpox Vaccine Supply Explored
155 Million New Smallpox Doses to be Produced by 2003
US, Canada to Cooperate on Smallpox Vaccine Development
Additional Stock of Smallpox Vaccine Found in Pennsylvania Freezer
Pentagon Announces Method for Pueblo Weapon Destruction
Test Burns Begin at Umatilla
Oversight of US Chemical Demilitarization Efforts Consolidated
Anniston Residents to Receive Personal Protective Gear
Chem-Bio Blurbs: Recent Developments in the Field
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CBW Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 3 (December 2001)
Anthrax Cases Puzzle Investigators
Russia Modifies Chemical Weapons Destruction Timetable
US Rejects BWC Protocol, Offers Alternatives
Bid To Revamp Iraq Sanctions Continues
Delays Expected in Destruction of US Chemical Weapon Stockpile
Buried Chemical Munitions Resurface in DC
Update: Trial of South Africa’s "Dr. Death" Concludes
Chinese Civilians Sue Over WWII-Era Japanese Biological Weapons Activities
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CBW Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 2 (December 2000)
Bioterrorism Concerns Spark First Smallpox Vaccine Production in 30 Years
CWC Industry Inspections Underway at US Facilities
Chemical Weapons Destruction Completed on Johnston Atoll
Buzzwords: Michael Osterholm’s Living Terrors: What America Needs to Know to Survive the Coming Bioterrorist Catastrophe
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CBW Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 1 (February 2000)
Moscow Releases More Detail on Poison Gas Capabilities
Agriculture Department Heightens Counterterrorism Activities
US Case for Al Shifa Attack Disintegrates
The US Chemical Weapons Destruction Program: Progress Amidst Controversy
North Korean Chemical and Biological Weapons Threats Elaborated
Next Chapter Set to Unfold in Iraq
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CBW Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 6 (August 1999)
Controversy Surrounds Smallpox Decisions
Disputes Plague Anthrax Inoculation Program
Chemical Treaty Being Implemented Unevenly
BWC Protocol Negotiations Glacial
New Studies Energize Korean War Debate
Dutch Release Critique of 1992 El Al Crash
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CBW Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 5 (January 1999)
South Africa’s Apartheid-Era Germ Warfare Program Investigated
Poisonous US Legacy In Panama Coming To Light
The Other US Chemical Weapons Disposal Program
US Bureaucracy Reorganizes To Grapple With Chem/Bio Terrorism
1999: Year of the BWC Protocol?
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CBW Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 4 (May 1998)
UN Inspectors to Continue Hunt for Iraq’s Biological and Chemical Weapons
Concerns Renewed About Russia’s Bio Weapons Program
The Chemical Weapons Convention Marks First Anniversary
Investigation of Allegations of US BWC Violation Inconclusive
BWC Negotiations Inch Forward
Roughly Ten Percent of US Chemical Weapons Arsenal Eliminated
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CBW Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 3 (October 1997)
Domestic Preparedness Heightened to Cope with Terrorist Threat
Japan to Destroy WWII-Era Chemical Weapons Abandoned in China
Duma Puts CWC on Fall Legislative Agenda
Technical Secretariat Quietly Shuts Down Chemical Weapons Programs
US Chemical Weapons Destruction Passes Milestones
America Accused of Violating the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention
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