... are used to further the goals of the combatants. It is also defined as the use of chemical substances, biological organisms or products to produce incapacitating disease or death to plants or animals, including human beings. Biological and chemical warfare both have long histories. In the 400's B.C., the Spartans used pitch and sulfur in a form of chemical warfare during the Peloponnesian ... -, Lussier, World Book Millennium 2000) The majority of the time if you're exposed, you will know pretty soon. Armies use these microorganisms to destroy the enemy's food supply, both plants and ani...

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... Americans with germs within the next few years". (Taylor). Chemical and Biological warfare intentionally uses viruses, bacteria, fungi, or toxinsfrom living organisms and death or disease in humans animals, or plants. Fermentation can be used to produce such bacterial agents such as anthrax, brucellosis, cholera, meloidosis, plague, or tularemia. Other viral agents are smallpox, cimean congo HF, rift valley fever, and ... ...

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