To: TobagoJack who wrote (185939 ) 4/3/2022 3:53:16 AM From: Haim R. Branisteanu Respond to of 218910 I find it amazing the conclusions drawn on this subject. No responsible country with the proper resources do not have so called "biological weapons" laboratories in today environment. It is absolutely insane to think that such laboratories do not exist and in most cases developing biological neutralizing substances. In any scientific lab to develop a counter measure to XYZ that your potential opponent has you need to develop first the opponent biological weaponry and then design a counter measure. In the 1973 war we received kits to inject ourselves in case of chemical attacks - where were those injection kits developed if not in "biological weapons" laboratories. The naivete of many on SI and this tread is astonishing more so that only recently in Syria chemical and biological substances where used as weapons like Russian N ovichok nerve-agent which s sufficient to have some tiny drops on your skin and face death.My main question is why such nerve-agent was developed in the first place. As to other poisonous biological agent as a reminder f ollowing an assassination attempt in late 2004 during his election campaign, Yushchenko was confirmed to have ingested hazardous amounts of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzodioxin (TCDD), the most potent dioxin and a contaminant in Agent Orange. TCDD or 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p- dioxin is easy to produce and it is a byproduct of coal powered electrical power station located near a salty sea body like in Israel, where it is formed from sea water humidity, air and burning carbon at temperature around 450C and cannot be destroyed once it enters the food chain except if exposed to high temperatures at over 1,000 C It is poisonous at picogram/kg of flesh en.wikipedia.org Personally I had big arguments with the Israeli Electrical Corporation in relation to their power stations they claiming that humidity near the sea is only water without any components of sea water which is incorrect. edition.cnn.com en.wikipedia.org