Marc-Michael Blum
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@blumscientific
(Bio)chemist who tries to save the world from the bad guys messing around with chemical and biological weapons. Former Head OPCW Laboratory. Sometimes OF-4.
How to hide from missiles? People keep asking me. They are now a threat not only in Ukraine, but also over Israel, Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, Bahrain and the UAE. Here’s what Ukrainians learned under constant Shahed and missile attacks. 1/
"A simple thing we can do is to encourage vulnerable groups to self-collect and preserve samples if they suspect they have been poisoned with a toxin" - Dr. Marc-Michael Blum (@blumscientific), Former Head of Laboratory @OPCW atlanticcouncil.org/event/pick-you…
"It can be produced synthetically. It can also be found in this particular frog in Ecuador." Yvette Cooper tells @TrevorPTweets the investigation into Alexei Navalny's death found the poison used to kill him is not found naturally in Russia, and that the Kremlin has had possession of it. #TrevorPhillips trib.al/AnByv7O 📺 Sky 501
"We understand that this process can take time. Past agreements, including New START, took years to negotiate and were built upon decades of precedent. They were also between two powers, not three or more."
‼️‼️🇩🇪 #BREAKING: Two shipyard workers have been arrested of attempting to sabotage multiple German navy warships in Hamburg, Germany. A 37 year old Romanian and a 54 year old Greek have been detained by the German authorities. German outlet The Bild reports the "men poured corrosive material into a warship's engine block, punctured freshwater pipes, removed fuel tank caps, and disabled electrical safety switches on the vessels."
@james_acton32 Well, then step back and think about the amount of damage Russia could inflict on either Britain or France (or both) in response. I don't know why people always forget this part.
