Scientists Warn of Bioweapons Threat

From Europe AP via Yahoo! News:

"The threat from biological weapons has outstripped that from chemical and nuclear arms because of the 'riotous' progress of biotechnology, according to a British report.

If those advances of biotechnology remain unchecked, they could be abused by terrorists to target specific ethnic groups and recreate devastating diseases such as the 1918 Spanish flu, according to the author of the report for the British Medical Association, or BMA.

Genetically-engineered anthrax and a synthetic version of the polio virus are among the potential biological weapons that could cause havoc..."