Biological Weapons

Biological weapons are infectious agents, such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, parasites, biochemical toxins, and biomolecules (e.g., potentially prions) that can cause extreme morbidity and mortality in plants, animals, and humans when they are intentionally disseminated to induce terror (bioterrorism) and/or related mass casualties under conditions of civil unrest or military campaigns. Biological agents can also be a threat for the environment. This is an important issue for global public health that should be considered in the new perspectives of a more ecological green world in which such environmental threats should be significantly reduced or eliminated.