Re: Make antibiotic resistant pathogens at home! (Re: Policing Bioterro Research)

2002-12-24 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Tue, 24 Dec 2002, James A. Donald wrote: On 24 Dec 2002 at 19:42, Anonymous wrote: Not all that far-fetched, really. It would be fairly simple to create a dioxin bomb by heating a 55gal drum of polychlorinated phenols (2,4D or 2,45T) or polychlorinated biphenols (PCBs from a powerline

Re: Make antibiotic resistant pathogens at home! (Re: Policing Bioterro Research)

2002-12-24 Thread Anonymous
Tim wrote: Expect to hear not of a hausfrau being busted, but of the roundup (so to speak) of Mohammed Sayeed, Hariq Azaz, and other thought criminals for buying two many gallons of Roundup at the local Walmart. Not all that far-fetched, really. It would be fairly simple to create a

Re: Make antibiotic resistant pathogens at home! (Re: Policing Bioterro Research)

2002-12-24 Thread Anonymous
On Tue, 24 Dec 2002 19:42:23 +0100 (CET), you wrote: Tim wrote: Expect to hear not of a hausfrau being busted, but of the roundup (so to speak) of Mohammed Sayeed, Hariq Azaz, and other thought criminals for buying two many gallons of Roundup at the local Walmart. Not all that

Re: Make antibiotic resistant pathogens at home! (Re: Policing Bioterro Research)

2002-12-24 Thread Mike Rosing
On Wed, 25 Dec 2002, Eugen Leitl wrote: But why doing it in the first place? To contaminate an area, causing high costs for decontamination? Doesn't compute. Unless you just want to annoy. If you want to kill people, stick to nerve agents. Maximum impact (relatively volatile, excellent LD50),