Biological toxins are poisonous substances produced by certain microorganisms, animals, and plants. Examples of toxins of biological origin include Diphtheria Toxin, Tetrodotoxin, Pertussis Toxin, ...

The following are sources of hazard information for biological agents. Purified biological toxins are chemical hazards, although many such toxins produce adverse effects at doses significantly below ...

A new study reveals plants, fungi, bacteria, protists, and even some viruses deploy venom-like mechanisms, similar to that of ...

Both nations explored the use of hundreds of different bacteria, viruses, and biological toxins. And each program devised sophisticated ways to disperse these agents in fine-mist aerosols ...

Our comprehensive search suggests that venom delivery systems fully analogous to those of animals exist among plants, fungi, protists, bacteria, and viruses. Thus, venomous organisms are far more ...

The U.S. State Department Wednesday commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Biological Weapons Convention, an agreement ...

The world came together 50 years ago to ban biological weapons and in today’s volatile geopolitical climate we can ill-afford ...

Also in the 1930s, France, England, Canada, Japan, and Germany had large-scale biological weapons programs largely focusing on anthrax, botulinum toxin, plague, and other diseases. Knowing that ...

A judge in Maryland today sided with the Center for Biological Diversity in a lawsuit arguing that the Maryland Department of ...

The US State Department's latest arms control compliance report has sounded alarms regarding China's military activities, particularly concerning its research on marine toxins. This development ...