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Nature 436, 460 (28 July 2005) | doi:10.1038/436460b; Published online 27 July 2005

Bioterror killed five in US; guns kill 30,000 a year

David R. Whitlock1

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I read with concern the call for biological scientists to be more careful in how they communicate their work ("Biologists asked to breed a culture of responsibility in face of terrorism" Nature 435, 860; 2005). Many implements can be used by terrorists to harm people, by far the most common being military-style firearms.

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