Abstract
The biosafety community has traditionally been involved in laboratory safety issues regarding the safe handling of biological agents. We are now seeing biosafety practitioners handling bioterrorism issues that include biosecurity and emergency response to suspicious packages. With growing concern about the possible use of biological agents from laboratories as agents for bioterrorism, the regulatory environment is changing to prevent such misuse of pathogens.
Bioterrorism has impacted biosafety in the areas of biosecurity, laboratory containment facilities, emergency response, and the transportation of biological agents.