AGENT GREEN: The US biological weapons project that refuses to die.

Biological weapons are being developed toto kill illicit crops of coca, opium poppy, and cannabis in forced crop eradication programs. The pathogenic fungi were developed principally by the US for use in narcotics-producing areas globally; but especially Asia and South America. The agents threaten to legitimize agricultural biowarfare, are environmentally unsafe, and threaten wild plants and agriculture in fragile and biodiverse ecosystems. They also endanger human health and, most importantly, the global ban on biological weapons.

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Cultured lab samples of F. oxysporum. Extracts from 1999 Presentation on Agent Green (click image) Types of F. oxysporum and their effects: F. oxysporum-infected cotton F. oxysporum-infected watermelon F. oxysporum in a beanfield (Phaseolus) F. oxysporum in asters Images from the top: 1: Australian Center for Plant Biodiversity Research, 2: Montana NORML, 3: Australian Center for Plant Biodiversity Research; 4: Texas A&M University (T. Isakeit), 5: University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 6: agrobio.cz

LATEST NEWS 15 March 2006 - News Release US House Votes to Advance Offensive Bioweapons Plan Law would require Agent Green field testing plan 12 September 2005 - Background Paper Risks of Using Biological Agents in Drug Eradication Fungi may lead to a biological escalation of the Drug War SELECTED SUNSHINE PROJECT PUBLICATIONS ON AGENT GREEN* 6 April 2004 - News Relese US State Department Renews Pressure to Use Agent Green Related: Text of the State Department's letter (English & Spanish), Editorial: El Tiempo (Bogotá) El regreso del hongo mortal (5 April) 12 December 2002 - News Release New US Biowarfare Threat on Colombia US Legislators Renew Calls for Bio-Attack on Illicit Crops 5 June - News Release Who's in Charge of Agent Green in Asia? February 2001 - Backgrounder # 4 Risks of Using Biological Agents in Drug Eradication A briefing paper with emphasis on human health 1 February 2001 - News Release European Parliament Rejects Agent Green 24 January 2001 - News Release Colombia Abandons Research on Biological Agents for Drug Eradication 13 November 2001- Press Release UN Pulls Out of Plans to Use Agent Green in South America 15 September 2001 - Seminar Announcement The War on Drugs and the Use of Biological Weapons Quito, Ecuador - 10-11 October 2000 18 August 2001- Press Release Ecuador Enacts Law to Ban US Drug War Fungus 12 May 2001 - Press Release Poppy Killing Viruses Investigated by USA 2 May 2001 - Press Release Report Calls on the UN Biodiversity Convention to Stop Dangerous US Fungus Experiments   *A complete list of publications can be accessed by clicking on the "Publications" tab. Please note: Some publications concerning the dispute over Agent Green in 2000-2001 are now dated.