Officials Fear Toxic Botox Ingredient Could Be Terror Weapon

Interesting article in the Washington Post. In early 2006, a mysterious cosmetics trader named Rakhman began showing up at salons in St. Petersburg, Russia, hawking a popular anti-aging drug at suspiciously low prices. He flashed a briefcase filled with vials and promised he could deliver more”as many as you want,” he told buyers from a supplier somewhere in Chechnya.

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Al-Qaeda is known to have sought botulinum toxin. The Lebanese Hezbollah movement, which the United States has designated a terrorist organization, and other groups have bought and sold counterfeit drugs to raise cash. Now, with the emergence of a global black market for fake Botox, terrorism experts see an opportunity for a deadly convergence.

Officials fear toxic ingredient in Botox could become terrorist tool – washingtonpost.com.