Biotechnology, weapons and humanity
Board of Science and Education
October 2004
There is little doubt of huge threats to humanity if biotechnology is used in a major way in future warfare. One of the biggest challenges facing the scientific and medical community in the 21st century is to ensure that chemical and biological agents are not used in hostilities.
This second BMA report on Biotechnology, weapons and humanity describes the alarming gap between the quickening pace of scientific discoveries that could be misused and the desperately slow development of international arms control. It builds on the first BMA report of 1999 and provides practical suggestions on how the principles embodied in the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention can be upheld.
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Editorial Board
A publication from the BMA science and education department and the Board of Science and Education
Chairman, Board of Science and Education - Professor Sir David Carter
Director of professional activities - Dr Vivienne Nathanson
Head of science and education - Dr Caroline Seddon
Project managers - Nicky Jayesinghe, Angela Sharpe
Author - Professor Malcolm Dando
Contributing author - Dr Vivienne Nathanson
Editorial secretariat - Dalia Ben-Galim, Bimal Chauduri, Fleur Conn, Darshna Gohil, Emily Hoy, Louise Lakey, Elaine Martyn
Board of Science and Education
This resource was prepared under the auspices of the Board of Science and Education of the British Medical Association, whose membership for 2004/2005
was as follows:
Professor Sir Brian Jarman - President, BMA
Dr George Rae - Chairman, BMA representative body
Mr James Johnson - Chairman, BMA council
Dr David Pickersgill - Treasurer, BMA
Professor Sir David Carter - Chairman, Board of Science and Education
Dr P Maguire - Deputy chairman, Board of Science and Education
Dr P H Dangerfield
Dr G D Lewis
Professor S Lingam
Dr J Long
Dr S Minkoff
Dr S J Nelson
Dr S J Richards
Dr D M B Ward
Dr C Smith
Dr S J L Smith
Professor B R Hopkinson - Co-optee
Dr G Buckley - Cooptee
Dr N D L Olsen - Deputy member
For further information about the editorial secretariat or Board members please email the Science and education department here.
Acknowledgements
The association is very grateful for the help provided by the BMA committees and many outside experts and organisations. We would particularly like to thank Dr Robin Coupland (Medical Adviser, Legal Division, International Committee of the Red Cross), Professor Alastair Hay (Professor of Environmental Toxicology, University of Leeds), and Professor Graham Pearson (Visiting Professor of International Security, Department of Peace Studies, Newcastle University).