PBS
Pbs: Avoiding Armageddon
A series on our future! Site explores the dangerous places and people that produce nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. Authors also provide messages of hope that the world will choose peace.
PBS
Pbs: Plague War: Fa Qs
PBS provides an in-depth overview of both biological and chemical warfare in a FAQ format.
Government of Canada
Government of Canada: Non Proliferation and Disarmament
Outline Canada's commitment to the non-proliferation, disarmament and elimination of nuclear weapons and the initiatives Canada is involved in to achieve this important global goal.
USA Today
Usa Today: Bioterrorism [Pdf]
Case studies that deal with bioterrorism and whether or not the United States is ready for a bioterrorist attack. Read it online, or print off the pdf copy of the newspaper. Discussion questions are available on the last page along with...
Other
Nuclear Threat Initiative: The Nuclear Threat
Discusses countries and the weapons of mass destruction they possess. Includes interactives features.
CNN
Cnn: Biological and Chemical Weapons
A map that offers countries who have or are believed to have biological and/or chemical weapons. Click on the countries to get an idea of how extensive their chemical/biological programs are.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Facts About Ricin
Information that answers the questions what ricin is, where ricin is found and how it is used, how ricin exposures occur, how ricin affects the body, signs and symptoms of ricin exposure, and the like.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Facts About Sarin
An overview of the nerve agent sarin, including signs and symptoms of sarin exposure, ways to protect yourself from exposures, and treatment.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Facts About Sulfur Mustard
An overview of sulfur mustard, also known as mustard gas. Includes signs and symptoms of, and treatment for exposure to sulfur mustard.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Facts About Vx
An overview of VX, a nerve agent and known weapon of chemical warfare. Includes information about the signs and symptoms of VX exposure and recommended treatments.
National Archives (UK)
United Kingdom: Butler Report [Pdf]
The complete text of the Butler Report from the United Kingdom. A group of leaders from the British Parliament were asked to review the reasons why Britain went to war against Iraq. There is a lengthy discussion on WMDs in Iraq. The...
Ibis Communications
Eye Witness to History: Gas Attack, 1916
This article provides a description of what a poison gas attack was like.
Other
Nti: Nuclear Threat Initiative/research
Uses maps and timelines to track nuclear proliferation in several different countries. An in depth discussion about how they got the weapons and where they are located within the countries.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Umbrella Assassin: Biochemical Weaponry
Research the first case of ricin poisoning in 1978, from a scientific and political perspective. Identify and rate potential sources of biochemical warfare available today.
BBC
Bbc Newsround: Syria Can No Longer Make Chemical Weapons
Article reports that inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons say that Syria no longer has the ability to make chemical weapons.