Preventing chemical weapons : arms control and disarmament as the sciences converge /: arms control and disarmament as the sciences converge. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Michael Crowley, Malcolm Dando, Lijun Shang.
• Editors: Crowley, Michael, 1966-; Dando, Malcolm; Shang, Lijun
• Contents: Introduction: Preventing the Re-emergence of Chemical Weapons; The Changing Nature of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Threat; The Chemical Weapons Convention - Past Success, Current Challenges; The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention; United Nations Mechanisms to Combat the Development, Acquisition and Use of Chemical Weapons; International Legal Constraints upon the Weaponization of Toxic Chemicals; Convergence of Chemistry and Biology, and Nanotechnology; Advances in Understanding Targets in the Central Nervous System (CNS); Advances in the Targeted Delivery of Biochemical Agents; The Future of Chemical Weapons: Advances in the Development of Anti-plant Agents; The Future of Chemical Weapons: Advances in Anti-animal Agents; Development and Hostile Use of Toxic Chemical Means of Delivery and Dispersal; Advances in Poisoning Mechanisms, Biomarkers, and Drugs for the Prevention and Treatment of Traditional Chemical Weapons; Current Challenges to Export Controls Related to Chemical Warfare Interdiction; The Future of Chemical Weapons Convention - Out-dated Model of CWC 2.0; Implications for the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention; Role of the Non-governmental Chemical Science Community in Combatting the Development, Proliferation, and Use of Chemical Weapons; Role of the Non-governmental Life Science Community in Combatting the Development, Proliferation and Use of Chemical Weapons; The Role of the Non-governmental Medical Community in Combatting the Development, Proliferation and Use of Chemical Weapons; The Role of Civil Society in Combating the Development, Proliferation and Use of Chemical Weapons; Conclusions and Recommendations
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Royal Society of Chemistry
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (652 pages)
• Subjects: 358.34; MEDICAL / Biotechnology; Chemical warfare; Chemical weapons; Disarmament; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biochemistry; Impact of science & technology on society; Biochemistry
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781788014724; 1788014723
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