This report, which will be updated as necessary, presents a means of assessing the relative threat from terrorist-use of individual chemical, biological, and toxin agents. It focuses on small-scale, targeted chemical and biological attacks, rather than mass-casualty attacks. The framework considers the elements of access, public health impact, medical treatment, prophylaxis, and dissemination. Other factors that may affect potential use by terrorists include the range of lethality, covert employment of an agent, and the availability of dual-use technologies…
Supplementary Documents:
Comments on the CRS Report “Small-Scale Terrorist Attacks Using Chemical and Biological Agents”
by George Smith, Ph.D., GlobalSecurity.Org, June 2004
Comments on CRS Report on Small-scale Terrorist Attacks
by Milton Leitenberg, University of Maryland, June 15, 2004
