Brett Edwards
@poisonsandpest.bsky.social
#biologicalwarfare #chemicalwarfare #cbrne
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Brett Edwards
@poisonsandpest.bsky.social
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Poisons and Pestilence | Brett Edwards
A History of Biological and Chemical Warfare
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A reminder to check out the only podcast attempting to provide a comprehensive(ish) history of chemical and biological weapons!
On all major players
www.podbean.com/pa/pbblog-c8...
On all major players
www.podbean.com/pa/pbblog-c8...
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Pandora Report 9.25.2025
This issue features sweeping changes in U.S. vaccine policy, major shakeups across the intelligence community and pharmaceutical supply chains, and new developments at the intersection of AI, biosecurity, and biotechnology.
pandorareport.org
This issue features sweeping changes in U.S. vaccine policy, major shakeups across the intelligence community and pharmaceutical supply chains, and new developments at the intersection of AI, biosecurity, and biotechnology.
pandorareport.org
The Pandora Report
Where Science Meets Security
pandorareport.org
September 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Pandora Report 9.25.2025
This issue features sweeping changes in U.S. vaccine policy, major shakeups across the intelligence community and pharmaceutical supply chains, and new developments at the intersection of AI, biosecurity, and biotechnology.
pandorareport.org
This issue features sweeping changes in U.S. vaccine policy, major shakeups across the intelligence community and pharmaceutical supply chains, and new developments at the intersection of AI, biosecurity, and biotechnology.
pandorareport.org
The latest episode is out, the first in a series dealing with poison arrows and the Americas in the 15th century.
On all major players
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-aej3a-...
On all major players
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-aej3a-...
August 22, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The latest episode is out, the first in a series dealing with poison arrows and the Americas in the 15th century.
On all major players
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-aej3a-...
On all major players
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-aej3a-...
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#ChemicalWeapons #BiologicalWeapons #GenevaProtocol
The 1925 Geneva Protocol: The League of Nations’ Only Arms Control Agreement
Historical Notes #6 (July 2025), 107pp.
For download: www.the-trench.org/1925-geneva-...
The origins of the Geneva Protocol and the history of its negotiation ...
The 1925 Geneva Protocol: The League of Nations’ Only Arms Control Agreement
Historical Notes #6 (July 2025), 107pp.
For download: www.the-trench.org/1925-geneva-...
The origins of the Geneva Protocol and the history of its negotiation ...
The 1925 Geneva Protocol: The League of Nations' Only Arms Control Agreement - The Trench - Jean Pascal Zanders
Click here to read "The 1925 Geneva Protocol: The League of Nations' Only Arms Control Agreement" and other latest updates from Jean Pascal Zanders, author of The Trench.
www.the-trench.org
July 23, 2025 at 7:12 AM
#ChemicalWeapons #BiologicalWeapons #GenevaProtocol
The 1925 Geneva Protocol: The League of Nations’ Only Arms Control Agreement
Historical Notes #6 (July 2025), 107pp.
For download: www.the-trench.org/1925-geneva-...
The origins of the Geneva Protocol and the history of its negotiation ...
The 1925 Geneva Protocol: The League of Nations’ Only Arms Control Agreement
Historical Notes #6 (July 2025), 107pp.
For download: www.the-trench.org/1925-geneva-...
The origins of the Geneva Protocol and the history of its negotiation ...
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OPCW Executive Council to hold special meeting on July 22 to discuss Israeli strike on the MOD HQ this week and how that will affect their ability to comply with CWC and identify, secure and destroy any CW remaining in the country from the former regime
www.opcw.org/sites/defaul...
www.opcw.org/sites/defaul...
www.opcw.org
July 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
OPCW Executive Council to hold special meeting on July 22 to discuss Israeli strike on the MOD HQ this week and how that will affect their ability to comply with CWC and identify, secure and destroy any CW remaining in the country from the former regime
www.opcw.org/sites/defaul...
www.opcw.org/sites/defaul...
What a couple of days.
The Bath CBR Cohort rides again!
Thanks to everyone who participated in various ways, and offered to help out next year
We had some very good discussions and met many new people
And the facilitators put together something which I think we can all be very happy with indeed
The Bath CBR Cohort rides again!
Thanks to everyone who participated in various ways, and offered to help out next year
We had some very good discussions and met many new people
And the facilitators put together something which I think we can all be very happy with indeed
July 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
What a couple of days.
The Bath CBR Cohort rides again!
Thanks to everyone who participated in various ways, and offered to help out next year
We had some very good discussions and met many new people
And the facilitators put together something which I think we can all be very happy with indeed
The Bath CBR Cohort rides again!
Thanks to everyone who participated in various ways, and offered to help out next year
We had some very good discussions and met many new people
And the facilitators put together something which I think we can all be very happy with indeed
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🧵 THREAD: Why the Cato Institute’s new paper on “misinformation panic” is dangerously wrong, and why it completely misunderstands the real crisis we face.
www.cato.org/policy-analy...
www.cato.org/policy-analy...
The Misleading Panic over Misinformation
People can’t agree on how to define misinformation and its related terms, making regulation nearly impossible. Instead, free expression serves as a better tool for discovering truth.
www.cato.org
June 27, 2025 at 6:50 AM
🧵 THREAD: Why the Cato Institute’s new paper on “misinformation panic” is dangerously wrong, and why it completely misunderstands the real crisis we face.
www.cato.org/policy-analy...
www.cato.org/policy-analy...
Continuing the deep dive into indigenous poison weapon use during European colonialization. Resisted the urge so far to turn it into a mini series
June 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Continuing the deep dive into indigenous poison weapon use during European colonialization. Resisted the urge so far to turn it into a mini series
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Chemical and Biological Weapons - Brett Edwards | 2024 Episode 7
🧪 How do states use, monitor, and justify chemical and biological weapons?
Dr Brett Edwards @poisonsandpest.bsky.social explains the evolution and enforcement of these weapons.
#CBW #NonProliferation #WMD
youtu.be/x3J2w7-9XC8
🧪 How do states use, monitor, and justify chemical and biological weapons?
Dr Brett Edwards @poisonsandpest.bsky.social explains the evolution and enforcement of these weapons.
#CBW #NonProliferation #WMD
youtu.be/x3J2w7-9XC8
Chemical and Biological Weapons - Brett Edwards | 2024 Episode 7
YouTube video by IR thinker
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May 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Chemical and Biological Weapons - Brett Edwards | 2024 Episode 7
🧪 How do states use, monitor, and justify chemical and biological weapons?
Dr Brett Edwards @poisonsandpest.bsky.social explains the evolution and enforcement of these weapons.
#CBW #NonProliferation #WMD
youtu.be/x3J2w7-9XC8
🧪 How do states use, monitor, and justify chemical and biological weapons?
Dr Brett Edwards @poisonsandpest.bsky.social explains the evolution and enforcement of these weapons.
#CBW #NonProliferation #WMD
youtu.be/x3J2w7-9XC8
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Sign-up is live for the Second Annual Bath CBR Cohort event.
Bringing newcomers and old hands together to discuss UK CBRN related policy and practice.
Bringing newcomers and old hands together to discuss UK CBRN related policy and practice.
May 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Sign-up is live for the Second Annual Bath CBR Cohort event.
Bringing newcomers and old hands together to discuss UK CBRN related policy and practice.
Bringing newcomers and old hands together to discuss UK CBRN related policy and practice.
Sign-up is live for the Second Annual Bath CBR Cohort event.
Bringing newcomers and old hands together to discuss UK CBRN related policy and practice.
Bringing newcomers and old hands together to discuss UK CBRN related policy and practice.
May 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Sign-up is live for the Second Annual Bath CBR Cohort event.
Bringing newcomers and old hands together to discuss UK CBRN related policy and practice.
Bringing newcomers and old hands together to discuss UK CBRN related policy and practice.
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Sorry for the long wait episode 1 of the second series of the inquests and inquiries podcase is the Vale of Leven inquiry and Scottish government response, following the C Difficile outbreak at the hospital. www.podbean.com/eas/pb-qnrya...
Vale of Leven C difficile infection inquiry
My site Inquests and Inquiries | Emergency planning The Inquests and Inquiries Dawn Sturgess inquiry page Vale of Leven Hospital | Inquests & Inquiries This episode examines the outbreak of…
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April 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Sorry for the long wait episode 1 of the second series of the inquests and inquiries podcase is the Vale of Leven inquiry and Scottish government response, following the C Difficile outbreak at the hospital. www.podbean.com/eas/pb-qnrya...
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Looking at film and photos of chemical warfare in the First World War on the imagesdefense.gouv.fr website, I found this film of gas drill at a school in Reims, March 1917.
imagesdefense.gouv.fr/fr/dans-les-...
imagesdefense.gouv.fr/fr/dans-les-...
April 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Looking at film and photos of chemical warfare in the First World War on the imagesdefense.gouv.fr website, I found this film of gas drill at a school in Reims, March 1917.
imagesdefense.gouv.fr/fr/dans-les-...
imagesdefense.gouv.fr/fr/dans-les-...
Just a reminder that I collate a playlist of archival material and good quality documentaries on chemical and biological weapon related history here:
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Biological and chemical warfare history docs - YouTube
Various stuff
youtube.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Just a reminder that I collate a playlist of archival material and good quality documentaries on chemical and biological weapon related history here:
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
We have a UN mechanism for this
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Hungary suggests 'biological attack' could be source of foot-and-mouth outbreak
Hungary on Thursday suggested a "biological attack" as a possible source of the country's first foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in more than half a century, which has triggered border closures and the mass slaughter of cattle in the northwest.
www.reuters.com
April 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
We have a UN mechanism for this
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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At the risk of finally becoming a Podcast Promoter (TM), I found this talk with @poisonsandpest.bsky.social on the British use of chemical warfare during that intervention fairly interesting open.spotify.com/episode/2was...
13 Bonus Episode: The M Device with Simon Jones
Poisons and Pestilence · Episode
open.spotify.com
April 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
At the risk of finally becoming a Podcast Promoter (TM), I found this talk with @poisonsandpest.bsky.social on the British use of chemical warfare during that intervention fairly interesting open.spotify.com/episode/2was...
Why not catch up on the back catalogue of the only podcast focused on the history of biological and chemical warfare on the internet
poisonsandpestilence.podbean.com
poisonsandpestilence.podbean.com
Poisons and Pestilence | Brett Edwards
A History of Biological and Chemical Warfare
poisonsandpestilence.podbean.com
April 8, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Why not catch up on the back catalogue of the only podcast focused on the history of biological and chemical warfare on the internet
poisonsandpestilence.podbean.com
poisonsandpestilence.podbean.com