Honestly, I wouldn't worry about bioterrorism as much as handling mishap. Stick new proteins into a bacteria the wrong way, don't wash hands thoroughly enough, and suddenly something is eating all the trees in the region, or whatnot.
Designing an effective, lethal pathogen - fast enough to do damage, but slow enough to not burn itself out - is hard. Accidentally making something ecologically damaging is probably much simpler, and I imagine the future holds plenty such localized minor ecophagy[0] event.
Designing an effective, lethal pathogen - fast enough to do damage, but slow enough to not burn itself out - is hard. Accidentally making something ecologically damaging is probably much simpler, and I imagine the future holds plenty such localized minor ecophagy[0] event.
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[0] - Yes, I totally just learned that term from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_goo a minute ago.