| Usage Notes |
Includes chemical or biological agents such as a bacteria, viruses (natural or genetically engineered), nerve agents, mustard gasses, hydrogen cyanide and the like to intentionally inflict harm or poison. All use of teargas for the specific purpose of controlling a crowd is coded to the Control crowds event category; a teargas attack by terrorists, however, is coded to Chemical & biological weapons use. Do not miscode an accidental outbreak of disease to biological weapons use. Only when an outbreak of disease is the direct result of a chem-bio attack should the event be coded to Chem-bio weapons use. "Naturally" occurring outbreaks of anthrax, smallpox, ebola, Creutzfeldt-Jakob (mad cow disease), etc., in a human population should always be coded to Infectious human illness. Outbreaks of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathym (BSE), eastern equine encephalitis, rabies, etc. in an animal population should be coded to Animal Illness. Leaks or spills of biological toxins should be coded to Hazardous materials spill. biological and chem combined; need to change Code from <BIOL> to <CBIO> |
A radical group sent a package containing anthrax to a Planned Parenthood clinic. *