BIOLOGICAL WARFARE
AND BOTULINAL TOXINS

Botulism is a well-liked weapon for two main reasons. It occurs naturally in nature and it is the most deadly of all naturally occurring bio-toxins. One kilogram of the toxin can kill 50,000,000 people. 

There is an available supply of the microbe to produce the toxins and 1 live cell is all one needs to produce as many as one desires.

Saddam Hussein loves botulinal toxins. After the Gulf War, UN inspectors 130,000 gallons of botulinal toxins, which has the ability to cause the death of 23,587,200,000,000 people, which is about 4000 times the world population (5,500,000,000). 

A Scud missile filled with the toxin can affect about 1,429 square miles, sixteen times that with the same amount of sarin gas. The toxins are also well liked as they can be easily and cheaply manufactured.

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