Scientist Working Group on Biological and Chemical Security member Gregory Koblentz, the Director of the Biodefense Graduate Program at George Mason University, was quoted in a Reuters’ piece on the need for more oversight on federal laboratories that carry out biomedical research: “Organizations are notoriously bad at policing themselves,” said biodefense expert Greg Koblentz of George […]
The promise of the Syrian chemical weapons plan
The Russia-US deal to eliminate Damascus’ stockpile has achieved a great deal—far more than the alternative would have accomplished, writes Kingston Reif in his June Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Column.
CFR Backgrounders: Gregory Koblentz quoted on Syria’s Chemical Weapons
Scientist Working Group on Biological and Chemical Security member Gregory Koblentz, the Director of the Biodefense Graduate Program at George Mason University, was quoted in a Council on Foreign Relations Backgrounders’ special report on sarin and chemical weapons: The joint mission’s task of working on an expedited schedule amid a civil war is unprecedented, says […]
Fact Sheet: Chemical Weapons and Their Destruction
A brief history of chemical weapons and the international efforts to control and destroy them including in the United States, Russia, Iraq, Libya and Syria.
National Geographic: Gregory Koblentz Quoted on Possible Nazi Malaria Mosquito Warfare
Scientist Working Group on Biological and Chemical Security member Gregory Koblentz, the Director of the Biodefense Graduate Program at George Mason University, was quoted in a National Geographic piece on Nazi’s biological lab at Dachau concentration camp: Gregory Koblentz of George Mason University’s biodefense graduate program remains unconvinced of the offensive nature of the Dachau work. […]
