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Civil Defense Now! - BioChem Warfare Survival
By Richard A. Fleetwood - May 2001
As the U.S. Government has warned several times in the past few years, chances are there WILL be a terrorist attack on U.S. soil someday. It seems to be inevitable, according to sources within many areas of emergency preparedness at all levels. There are some recently created Federal organizations that exist to DEAL with ANY incident that might happen, and while every possible method and possible scenario is being studied and prepared for, there is in all probability going to occur BioChem attacks SOMEDAY...whether the terrorists are domestic or international.
The table below lists the most prevalent threats that could happen, any symptoms that might occur, and effects that will happen if left untreated. Use this data to begin your search on the web to find SOLUTIONS to survive any of these BC potential threats, and make preparations for your family and yourself based on what YOU think may be most fearsome to you.
IF the government is concerned enough about this threats to spend billions of tax payer dollars getting ready, then YOU should spend a little time learning more about the same areas. I would offer to post any SPECIFIC solutions to surviving an actual attack of ANY of these BioChem threats on this same page, and will update as this info comes to me.
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Toxic weapons: How they kill |
| We've all heard of
anthrax, but what does it do? Use this chart to find out the symptoms and
untreated effects of biological and chemical agents in production around
the world. |
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BIOLOGICAL TOXINS |
|
Toxin |
Symptoms |
Effects if
untreated |
| Aflatoxin |
Headache, jaundice,
gastrointestinal distress |
Liver disease, internal bleeding,
possible death |
| Anthrax |
Fever,
malaise, cough, respiratory distress |
Shock and death
within 36 hours of severe symptoms |
| Botulinum toxins |
Weakness, dizziness,
dry throat, blurred vision, problems speaking and hearing, difficulty
swallowing |
Paralysis, respiratory failure,
death |
| Bubonic
plague |
Malaise,
high fever, tender lymph nodes |
Blood poisoning,
death |
| Cholera |
Vomiting, abdominal
distension, pain, diarrhea |
Severe dehydration, shock,
death |
| Pneumonic
plague |
High
fever, chills, headache, coughing up blood, blood poisoning |
Respiratory failure,
circulatory collapse, heavy bleeding, death |
| Q fever |
Fever, cough, chest
pain |
Generally not fatal |
| Ricin |
Weakness,
fever, cough, hypothermia |
Dangerously low
blood pressure, heart failure, death |
| Smallpox |
Malaise, fever, vomiting,
headache, backache, blisterlike rash |
Bone marrow depression, bleeding,
death |
| Staphylococcal
enterotoxin B |
Fever,
chills, headache, muscle aches, cough |
Septic shock,
death |
| Tularemia |
Swollen glands, fever,
headache, malaise, weight loss, nonproductive cough |
Generally not fatal |
| Viral hemorrhagic
fevers |
Easy
bleeding, red spots on skin, low blood pressure, flushed face and chest,
swelling of ankles and other joints |
Uncontrollable
bleeding, circulatory collapse, death |
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CHEMICAL TOXINS |
|
Toxin |
Symptoms |
Effects if
untreated |
| Nerve agents, including VX, GB
and GD |
Runny nose, tightness
of chest, dim vision, pinpointing of eye pupils, difficulty breathing, drooling,
excessive sweating. Nausea, vomiting, cramps, involuntary urination and
defecation, jerking, staggering, headache, confusion, drowsiness |
Convulsions, coma, cessation
of breathing, death |
| Sulfur Mustard
Agent |
Eye
irritation, skin blemishes and blisters, inflammation of the nose, throat
and lung, malaise, vomiting, fever. Classified as a carcinogen. |
Blocks cell growth,
suppresses bone marrow |
Sources: U.S. Army
Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine |
Updated May 2001 - © 2001 By Richard A. Fleetwood |
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