Health Aspects of Chemical and Biological Weapons
Item Details
Title
Health Aspects of Chemical and Biological Weapons
Topics
Report generated by the Director-General of the WHO in cooperation with the UN, aims to be more technical than was the UN report.
Date
1970
Conclusions
Places emphasis on eliminating both offensive and defensive military biological weapons research, with the justification that defensive research for detection's sake could lead to the production of agents even more dangerous than the ones we have now.
Files
Source
Health Aspects of Chemical and Biological Weapons. World Health Organization. 1970.
Citation
“Health Aspects of Chemical and Biological Weapons,” Collection of Biothreat Risk Assessments (COBRA), accessed January 15, 2025, https://cobrabiosecurity.org/items/show/431.