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Episode "Inside Bioterror"

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  • Actors portray a presidential security detail.
  • Actors portray a presidential security detail.
  • Actors portray the interior of Air Force One, where the President receives a BioTerror briefing. A biological weapon, cheaper and easier to produce than its nuclear counterpart, has the potential to kill on a massive scale.
  • An actor portrays an attempted contamination of the water supply, holding up a plastic bottle filled with the dirty water. If terrorists infected the public water sources of the United States, the 90% of citizens who depend on them would suffer from toxins such as botulinum, cholera, or plague.
  • The spray nozzles of crop dusters apply chemicals to agriculture around the world. Bioweapons infect victims in a similar manner to these crop dusters, releasing droplets that float in the air like smoke instead of falling like rain.
  • A milk truck could be the target of a bioweapon attack. A biological weapon, cheaper and easier to produce than its nuclear counterpart, has the potential to kill on a massive scale by targeting necessities such as agriculture and drinking water.
  • An actor portrays an attempted contamination of the water supply, holding up a plastic bottle filled with the dirty water. If terrorists infected the public water sources of the United States, the 90% of citizens who depend on them would suffer from toxins such as botulinum, cholera, or plague.
  • A crop duster aircraft prepares for take-off. Bioweapons infect victims in a similar manner to crop dusters, releasing droplets that float in the air like smoke instead of falling like rain.

  • Inside Bioterror 02

    Actors portray a presidential security detail.

  • Inside Bioterror 01

    Actors portray a presidential security detail.

  • Inside Bioterror 06

    Actors portray the interior of Air Force One, where the President receives a BioTerror briefing. A biological weapon, cheaper and easier to produce than its nuclear counterpart, has the potential to kill on a massive scale.

  • Inside Bioterror 03

    An actor portrays an attempted contamination of the water supply, holding up a plastic bottle filled with the dirty water. If terrorists infected the public water sources of the United States, the 90% of citizens who depend on them would suffer from toxins such as botulinum, cholera, or plague.

  • Inside Bioterror 05

    The spray nozzles of crop dusters apply chemicals to agriculture around the world. Bioweapons infect victims in a similar manner to these crop dusters, releasing droplets that float in the air like smoke instead of falling like rain.

  • Inside Bioterror 07

    A milk truck could be the target of a bioweapon attack. A biological weapon, cheaper and easier to produce than its nuclear counterpart, has the potential to kill on a massive scale by targeting necessities such as agriculture and drinking water.

  • Inside Bioterror 04

    An actor portrays an attempted contamination of the water supply, holding up a plastic bottle filled with the dirty water. If terrorists infected the public water sources of the United States, the 90% of citizens who depend on them would suffer from toxins such as botulinum, cholera, or plague.

  • Inside Bioterror 08

    A crop duster aircraft prepares for take-off. Bioweapons infect victims in a similar manner to crop dusters, releasing droplets that float in the air like smoke instead of falling like rain.