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To: Steven W.
Question: How well do biological weapons such as anthrax survive in a war environment?
358 posted on 03/22/2003 2:53:47 PM PST by rs79bm (No more fireworks at Euro Disney, it caused all the French army soldiers to surrender)
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To: rs79bm
Anthrax, in it's weaponized form, is a dry powder containing spores. It can last in this form for a really long time, and isn't real temperature sensitive. I presume the spores would start to "germinate" if they got wet, but in that environment (desert) that isn't much of an issue.

I'm not sure how temp sensitive other toxins such as smallpox, tularemia, and botulinum are.
376 posted on 03/22/2003 3:34:05 PM PST by LizardQueen
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To: rs79bm
Question: How well do biological weapons such as anthrax survive in a war environment?

The anthrax sent to the US senate survived quite well, which after all is a war environment these days. It was Dasholes office if I recall correctly.

389 posted on 03/22/2003 4:14:03 PM PST by Mister Baredog ((They wanted to kill 50,000 of us on 9/11, we will never forget!))
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