Biosecurity

Biosecurity consists of risk management practices and countermeasures in defense against biological threats, intentional and/or Invasive species unintentional. Quotes When most physicians are asked about the realm of biosecurity, they often are able to discuss the subject in broad strokes that include concepts such as bioterrorism, Pandemic#Prevention and preparedness pandemic preparedness, and Biological agent biological weapons. However, the restriction of knowledge of biosecurity solely to these components does not make the concept adequately concrete; consequently, biosecurity remains a floating abstraction with no firm tie to reality, constraining the ability of physicians to fully converse with government policy makers and the public on this vital national security matter. Biosecurity in the Global Age: Biological Weapons, Public Health, and the Rule of Law, by internationally renowned law professors Larry Gostin Lawrence Gostin and David Fidler, provides an opportunity to develop a robust understanding of biosecurity and its role in national and international policy. Amesh Adaljia Amesh A. Adalja, review of Biosecurity in the Global Age: Biological Weapons, Public Health, and the Rule of Law JAMA 301 18 May 13, 2009 1932–1933 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/183854 A leaflet drops through your letter box advising on ways to avoid contracting and spreading Swine influenza swine flu. Your bag is searched as you enter a country on the start of your holiday — and there's a fine of $200 for an undeclared apple. You drive across a disinfectant mat on a visit to a local farm. You call the council for advice on the Reynoutria japonica Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) spreading from your neighbour's garden. You switch to eating Pastured poultry organic free-range chicken after reading about the role of industrial farming in the production of Avian influenza avian flu risk. You shudder as you remember the smell of 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak burning carcasses in the English countryside back in 2001. In many different ways you may have encountered events, practices, procedures, narratives and knowledges contained within the complex issue of ‘biosecurity’. Kezia Barker, Sarah L. Taylor, and Andrew Dobson, ‘Interrogating Bio-Insecurities’: Introduction to biosecurity: defining biosecurity threats by Barker, Taylor & Dobson 3–28 Biosecurity: The Socio-Politics of Invasive Species and Infectious Diseases London Routledge 2013 9781136285516 https://books.google.com/books?id=rVRtAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA3 (256 pages;quote from p. 3; edited by Andrew Dobson, Kezia Barker, and Sarah L. Taylor) The secure and continuous production of List of largest producing countries of agricultural commodities agricultural commodities and food security are key to U.S. national security. The introduction of foreign-origin or emerging animal, plant, and human diseases by intentional acts of espionage, terrorism, biological warfare, or criminal activity can lead to severe consequences for domestic and international Agricultural marketing agricultural markets, the economic security of the agricultural community, food safety and food security, and the credibility of responsible state and federal agencies. Early public, animal, plant health, law enforcement, and intelligence assessments and investigations of suspected or confirmed intentional threats are critical additions to existing interagency prevention, response, and management protocols. Forensic microbiology, a multidisciplinary science, is essential to the nation's readiness for responding to a potentially criminal, intentional, or otherwise nefarious incident in the agricultural sector (plant or animal), and of eventual supporting attribution and the prosecution of the perpetrators. Jacqueline Fletcher, Joanna Davis, Stephen Goldsmith, Douglas Glen Luster, and Randall Murch, Chapter 10. Tactical Applications of Microbial Forensics in Agricultural and Environmental Biosecurity 323–361 Tactical Sciences for Biosecurity in Animal and Plant Systems 323–361 Advances in Human Services and Public Health IGI Global 2022 9781799879374 https://books.google.com/books?id=xm9bEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA323 (454 pages; quote from p. 323; edited by Kitty F. Cardwell and Keith L. Bailey; sample text at ici-global.com) In a strict sense, biosecurity involves issues dealing directly with microorganisms and toxins, such as prevention of emergence, loss, accidents, theft, or use, and remediation after pathogenic damage. It addresses procedures and practices to help ensure that biological materials and relevant sensitive information remain secure and out of the hands of terrorists. But we have to be practical. We inevitably pay a price for security. Peter Katona, John P. Sullivan, and Michael Intriligator Michael D. Intriligator, Introduction. Global biosecurity and the spectrum of infectious disease threats: a networked global approach 5–9 Global Biosecurity: Threats and Responses Contemporary Security Studies Routledge 2010 9781135273026 https://books.google.com.co/books?id=DBSPAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA5 (352 pages; quote from p. 5; edited by Peter Katona, John P. Sullivan, and Michael D. Intriligator) External links Category:Agriculture Category:Biology Category:Environment Category:Health