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Breeding bio insecurity : how U.S. biodefense is exporting fear, globalizing risk, and making us all less secure

Author: Lynn C Klotz; Edward J Sylvester
Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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This book argues that the conditions of research in bioweapons and biosecurity pose a greater risk to health and security of Americans than do bioterrorist attacks, but that this risk can be countered and defeated with greater efforts against infectious diseases and greater international oversight and transparency.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Lynn C Klotz; Edward J Sylvester
ISBN: 9780226444055 0226444058
OCLC Number: 317922623
Description: 260 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Dangerous crossing --
A future bright and dark --
A hawk turns to peace, doves go to war --
Devils we've known --
Paranoia begets permissiveness --
Dangerous acquaintances --
Who's minding the store? --
All roads must lead to public health --
Down to grass roots --
Acting globally.
Responsibility: Lynn C. Klotz & Edward J. Sylvester.

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Offers necessary steps to set us on the path toward true biosecurity. This book argues that true biosecurity will require a multipronged effort based on an understanding of the complexity of the  Read more...

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"Forceful and provocative, Breeding Bio Insecurity contends that U.S. biodefense policies generate more risk than the threat they are supposed to be addressing. By carefully spelling out their Read more...

 
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