ANTHRAX CRISIS OF 2001

The so-called 'crisis of Amerithrax' in 2001 caused the deaths of five people and injured 17 others after receiving mail contaminated with the bacteria. The letters were sent from the state of New Jersey reporters from NBC and the 'New York Post, as well as two Democratic senators. "Some of the survivors had health problems for almost a year after having had the infection, which could be due to disability or long-term effects of it", he adds.

The poisoning took place after the attacks of 11-S, so that in addition to aggravate the panic among the citizenry, unleashed "a second wave of shipments 'deception' domino effect which affected the entire world. " The FBI estimated at over one billion dollars to the costs incurred for decontamination of facilities and people, health interventions and means of protection.

The U.S. federal authorities said last August to biologist Bruce Ivins, 62, as the sole author of the Anthrax attacks in 2001. The scientist committed suicide a week before his complaint.

Currently, the Convention on Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) "does not have an organization to ensure compliance with the provisions hereof, which if it occurs with the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (CWC) and Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), "concludes the report of the Athena Intelligence Foundation, Foundation for Advanced Research on Terrorism and Armed Conflict.