Biological & toxin weapons

Biological and toxin weapons differ from chemical weapons in that they are derived from living organisms. Historically, organic poisons and diseases have not been widely used in war, perhaps because there is a natural aversion to practices that are extremely risky to the attacker and reek of weakness and cowardice. During the Cold War, both sides developed biological means of warfare, and it was not till the late 1960s that initiatives were made to control the proliferation of weapons using some of the deadliest diseases known to human beings. Multilateral negotiations in Geneva were given a boost in 1969 when the United States unilaterally renounced first use of lethal or incapacitating chemical agents and weapons and unconditionally renounced all methods of biological warfare. (Since then, the US biological program has reportedly been confined to research on strictly defined measures of defense, such as immunization.)

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