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

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-...

#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 ...

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...

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

🧵 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...

Continuing the deep dive into indigenous poison weapon use during European colonialization. Resisted the urge so far to turn it into a mini series

Today I went to the Nicholas Sims archive opening. Wonderful stuff. #cbw

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

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.

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.

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...

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-...

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...

We have a UN mechanism for this www.reuters.com/world/europe...

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

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...

in our latest episode Reid Kirby takes us on a tour of attempts by the US Chemical Warfare service to develop poisoned munitions - involving ricin and a wide range of other candidate agents and systems. On all major players. PoisonsandPestilence.podbean.com/e/41-bonus-e...

As we approach the end of the second season - the next episode will be on poison arrows and the Americas in the 15th and 16th centuries. In the next season we will grapple with the rise of science, biology and industrial chemistry in the 19th century.

I've recorded the next Poison and Pestilence epsiode with Reid Kirby - looking at attempts to poison projectiles from WW1 onwards with Ricin and Nerve agents.

New Episode Alert! The haunting tale of Ludwig Richter and Dieter Krauss, two chemists who find themselves at the forefront of Germany's chemical warfare efforts. #Germany #Gas #Chlorine #War #Historical #Fiction #Podcast #Spotify

#ChemicalWarfare #WW1 ping @poisonsandpest.bsky.social

God help me, but I'll be doing the new set of Bellingcat Challenges on a livestream today at 4pmGMT/5pm CET/12pm EDT. Expect me to embarrass myself. www.patreon.com/posts/bellin...

#ChemicalWeapons #History #WW1 #UK

I'm doing an audio annotated bibliography for the show covering state Chemical Warfare programmes. To ease the bleakness, please suggest some rating criteria I can apply for each work. And before you say anything @dankaszeta.bsky.social - remember yours will be on there.

Just met this chap. I'm not even a reptile guy. But I'm sold.

I found this quote in an interwar book on chemical warfare. Does anyone happen to know of any statistics on the effects of chemical weapons on civilians during WW1?

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...

The people that put the first bin out on bin day are the glue of this society.

Great to be invited to contribute an essay on archives, history and CBW for the Harvard Sussex programme hsp.sussex.ac.uk/new/interfac...

CBW nerds. Which general history books on chemical and biological warfare remain your go to- or that you most recommend. Just checking I've not missed any for a review piece.

I spend a lot of time speaking to people who worry about the future of chemical warfare- prediction is an art not a science. I came across these illustrations of someone trying to get their heads around the threat, in 1915- before Ypres. And it gives a strange sensation.

This weeks episode, the Redfern inquiry and the human tissue scandal. https://buff.ly/3CUV1gI . Deeply tragic about how families were treated and very similar to the challenges of the families whose loved ones were tested due to coal mining.

This week's read. It has been on my list for months

I'm doing some work this summer on chemical weapon justice issues. So if you are a fellow traveller do reach out, it would be great to chat.

This app is pretty cool. You build new apps via an intuitive chat feature. So far I've created an app which aggregates stories on pigeons globally. And then creates a witty daily summary in the style of Oscar Wilde- so the benefit to humanity of this innovation is already clear. replit.com

In a strange twist, my kombacha experiment is starting to raise concerns related to my line of work - do I need to notify someone about this?

Allegations of drone delivered chemical weapons. Myanmar via JP zanders www.freeburmarangers.org/2024/12/22/c...