Category: Summer 2023

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Julia Bathen’s Case Study on the Las Vegas Ricin Incident

In 2008, a man was hospitalized for ricin poisoning in Las Vegas, Nevada. The police later retrieved two vials of the poison made from ricin beans form his hotel room along with weapons and a book on anarchy. Fortunately, the toxin’s effects did not spread to the general public. The incident was later investigated on suspicion of bioterrorism.

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Kristen Gladish’s Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA) for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Mumbai, Maharashtra

In this THIRA, Gladish assesses the natural, technological, and human-caused threats and hazards in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The natural threats include highly infectious diseases including COVID-19 and rotavirus, air pollution, and heat related mortality. Prominent technological hazards include traffic accidents and infrastructure collapses. Human-related hazards and threats include mental health conditions, substance abuse, and anthropogenic water pollution.

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