美国近年生物恐怖袭击和生物实验室事故及其政策影响

United States bioterror attacks and laboratory accidents in recent years and the impact on its policy-making

未来几十年内,生物技术产品武器化的可能性依然存在。通过梳理20世纪末至今美国发生的生物恐怖袭击事件和具有危险性的生物实验室事故,分析美国应对生物恐怖袭击与类似事故的相应对策,在此基础上,结合全球生物技术的发展现状及其潜在风险,为我国在生物安全实验室管理及应对生物威胁方面提出建议。

In the decades to come,the increasing development of biotechnology may give a significant boost to bioweapons. Herein,we summarize bioterror attacks and critical laboratory accidents that have happened in the United States since the late 20 th Century. Based on this description,we analyze its policies involved and the strategic shift the US government came up with. In view of with the current situation and potential risks of biotechnology,we make recommendations on the administration of Chinese biosafety laboratories and ways of responding to biothreat.