Agroterrorism: Threats and Preparedness

Monke, Jim

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Criminal justice;    Animal diseases;    Plant diseases;    Biological weapons;    Biological warfare;   

RP-ID  :  RL32521
RP-ID  :  RL32521 2006-08-25

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The potential of terrorist attacks against agricultural targets (agroterrorism) is increasingly recognized as a national security threat, especially after the events of September 11, 2001. This report focuses primarily on biological weapons (rather than chemical weapons) because biological weapons generally are considered the more potent agroterrorism threat. This report also focuses more on the threat of agroterrorism against agricultural production, rather than on food processing and distribution, although the latter is discussed.