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Botulism toxin could be used as biological weapon.
2003 MAY 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - French researchers warn about the potential of botulism toxin as a bioterrorist weapon in a recent issue of the French journal Presse Medicale.
"Botulism and biowarfare botulism is a severe neuro-paralyzing infection due to a toxin produced by Clostridium botulinum, said Philippe Bossi and Francois Bricaire at Hopital Pitie-Salpetriere in Paris. "The use of the botulinum toxin for terrorist aims in the form of aerosols is a perfectly credible eventuality."
The researchers provide a strong case by pointing out that the botulism toxin is the most toxic substance known. In addition, it is also easily produced in quantities able to cause widespread poisoning.
Elucidating the mode of botulism poisoning can provide a clue toward determining whether the poisoning was a deliberate act. For example, poisoning by inhalation can only result from a deliberate act, whereas poisoning by ingestion is ambiguous. Both modes of botulism poisoning produce similar clinical symptoms.
Patients who have been exposed to botulism through inhalation should be immediately vaccinated ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Botulism toxin could be used as biological weapon.