Sentences with phrase «biological weapons testing»

It's hard to understand a culture that encourages violence against women, violence against their neighbours, violence and hatred against other nations, suicide bombings, stoning people to death, so called «honor killings», chemical and biological weapons testing on prisoners, and a long list of other «not so nice» practices.

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Washington described its targets as a centre near Damascus for the research, development, production and testing of chemical and biological weapons, a chemical weapons storage site near the city of Homs, and another site near Homs that stored chemical weapons equipment and housed a command post.

An indignant friend of the now - retired officer informed authorities, who confiscated the weapon for biological evidence testing.

The report is replete with examples of the social controversies involving science and technology at that time - the biological and environmental effects of nuclear weapons testing, DDT and other dioxins, the use of defoliants and herbicides by the U.S. military in Vietnam, the safety of nuclear power plants, the ban on fetal research, a moratorium on recombinant DNA research, the need for human subject protections and informed consent in genetics research, the misuse of psychology as a tool for torture, the implications of national security controls on science; misconduct in science, and the role of and protections for whistleblowers - many of which continue to resonate in the science and society relationship of today.

He says Bioident will use the facility to print light sensors directly onto products for rapid medical diagnosis, water testing and chemical and biological weapons monitoring.

The exhibition includes Maisel's photographs and video projections based on his work at Dugway Proving Ground, a classified military setting in Utah's Great Salt Lake Desert devoted to testing and development of chemical and biological weapons and defense systems.