This series examines threats posed by nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, and actions that individuals take to reduce the use of such weapons. Biological and chemical weapon can claim more lives over greater distances than a nuclear bomb, and are relatively easy to make -- and use -- by anyone with access to a lab, who is willing to do the unthinkable, to create weapons like: sarin, anthrax, plague, smallpox and VX gas. This episode looks at where these devastating weapons came from, who has them and who might use them. Historical weapons use is presented, such as the deadly sarin gas attack in Tokyo's subway system and the U.S. anthrax attacks, in October 2001, when five people died, and the U.S. mail was literally infected. The program also studies terrorists, who respect neither boundaries nor treaties; commonplace global commerce and travel; and empowering technology for good and evil alike.
