"Building a nuclear capability would cost $1 billion or more, require 1,300 engineers, and take years. Developing biological weapons could cost less than $100,000, require five biologists, and take just a few weeks, using equipment that is readily available almost anywhere in the world." Science News 5/18/96 ... Disregarding the creative chemistry experiments available under your sink and around the house, but considering the way the government and media can characterize any assortment of household items or literature a question arises - If you have meat in your refrigerator do you in fact have the basis for a biological weapon of mass destruction? The fact that many foods can be readily converted (by improper handling or outright negligence) to poisons can beg the question of whether having food in your posession does not constitute a health hazard to your children. AND we all know that the well being of one child is what it is all about. Don't we? ... Don't disregard them too quickly. I can't remember the name of the fungus, or the toxin extracted from it, (and my science and technology encyclopedias are 2 hours away), but there is a common fungus found in soil. This is the stuff that can survive high temp
At 09:20 AM 9/9/97 -0500, Frank wrote: treatment. IF memory serves, it's botulism, that is no guarantee. Anyway, this toxin was listed in the text that I have access to as being one of the strongest known to man. And it is literally under your feet. Of course I don't know how to distill it, but I could probably make some guesses.