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April 12, 2022

Blinken: We cannot confirm the use of chemical weapons in Ukraine

Margaret E. Kosal, member of the Scientists Working Group on Chemical and Biological Threats, was cited in a Voice of America article about the Ukrainian authorities’ claim that chemical weapons were used in Mariupol. Georgia Tech University professor Margaret Kosal (Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Institute of Technology) noted that in a […]

Posted in: Biological and Chemical Weapons

April 7, 2022

Bringing “Novichok” nerve agents under control

Greg Koblentz, member of the Scientists Working Group on Chemical and Biological Threats, coauthored an article in The Nonproliferation Review explaining the uneven coverage that Novichok agents and their precursors have received from the international chemical-weapons nonproliferation regime. “Novichoks, also known as A-series agents, are nerve agents developed in the Soviet Union during the Cold War. […]

Posted in: Biological and Chemical Weapons

April 5, 2022

The Ethics of Protecting ‘CRISPR Babies’: An International Roundtable

Sonia Ben Ouagrham-Gormley, a member of the Scientists Working Group, spoke at a roundtable held by the University of Kent about a report on protecting CRISPR babies.

Posted in: Biological and Chemical Weapons

April 5, 2022

Why experts are terrified of a human-made pandemic — and what we can do to stop it

A study by Greg Koblentz, a member of the Scientists Working Group on Chemical and Biological Threats, was cited in a Vox article about worldwide biosecurity threats. According to research published last year by King’s College London biosecurity researchers Gregory Koblentz and Filippa Lentzos, there are now nearly 60 labs classified as BSL-4 — the highest biosecurity rating, […]

Posted in: Biological and Chemical Weapons

March 29, 2022

Fact Sheet: The Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program

As the Soviet empire collapsed, it became clear that an emergency situation was dangerously close. 30,000 nuclear weapons and a vast weapons production complex were spread over four sovereign states. Some 40,000 tons of chemical weapons and a large biological capability were also present. In response, the United States devised a program to consolidate, secure […]

Posted in: Biological and Chemical Weapons, Factsheets & Analysis on Russia, Factsheets on Non-Proliferation, Non-Proliferation, Nuclear Security, Russia, Ukraine, United States

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