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Examines threats to public and environmental health, including war, militarism, injustice, and poverty; 8 articles. Contents: Global security: beyond gated communities and bunker vision, by Robert M. Gould and Patrice Sutton; The global threats to workers' health and safety on the job, by Garrett D. Brown; Corporate swine and capitalist pigs: a decade of environmental injustice and protest in North Carolina, by Anthony E. Ladd and Bob Edwards; Crimes of Bhopal and the global campaign for justice, by Satinath Sarangi; The effects of Israeli violations during the second uprising "intifada" on Palestinian health conditions, by Lama Jamjoun; The end of disarmament and the arms races to come, by Andy Lichterman and Jacqueline Cabasso; Economic sanctions, humanitarianism, and conflict after the Cold War, by Richard Garfield; Security and public health, by Victor W. Sidel and Barry S. Levy.

Bioterrorism preparedness programs have contributed to death, illness, and waste of public health resources without evidence of benefit. Several deaths and many serious illnesses have resulted from the smallpox vaccination program; yet there is no clear evidence that a threat of smallpox exposure ever existed. The anthrax spores released in 2001 have been linked to secret US military laboratories—the resultant illnesses and deaths might not have occurred if those laboratories were not in operation.