The us has rejected plans to enforce the 30-year-old treaty banning biological weapons. Last week in Geneva, American negotiators said they do not support the idea of declaration and inspection because it would not help catch the cheaters. The other 52 nations that are party to the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention were meeting this week in a last-ditch attempt to save the protocol. As New Scientist went to press it was unclear if the American move would effectively scupper the protocol, or whether the other nations would "do a Kyoto" and go ahead without the US.
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