I don’t think what I’m advocating can by any reasonable or standard definition be classified as terrorism. I’m not seeking to harm or scare anyone.
You would, at the very least, be in violation of several acts regarding approval of GMOs: https://www.loc.gov/law/help/restrictions-on-gmos/usa.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_the_release_of_genetically_modified_organisms#United_States Specifically, you’d be violating FDA requirements by releasing ‘“new animal drugs” (NADs)’ without approval. Depending on whether mosquitoes are considered plant pests, it looks like you’d also be violating Department of Agriculture laws. I assume you’d probably also be violating a number of EPA laws but didn’t see anything specifically about that.
Couldn’t you get around these laws by either (a) releasing the mosquitoes outside of the U.S. or (b) creating and releasing them outside of the U.S.?
Maybe not. At least one bioterrorism provision has extraterritoriality.
by any reasonable or standard definition
Do you know that a pipe bomb is legally classified as a weapon of mass destruction?
I don’t think what I’m advocating can by any reasonable or standard definition be classified as terrorism. I’m not seeking to harm or scare anyone.
You would, at the very least, be in violation of several acts regarding approval of GMOs: https://www.loc.gov/law/help/restrictions-on-gmos/usa.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_the_release_of_genetically_modified_organisms#United_States Specifically, you’d be violating FDA requirements by releasing ‘“new animal drugs” (NADs)’ without approval. Depending on whether mosquitoes are considered plant pests, it looks like you’d also be violating Department of Agriculture laws. I assume you’d probably also be violating a number of EPA laws but didn’t see anything specifically about that.
Couldn’t you get around these laws by either (a) releasing the mosquitoes outside of the U.S. or (b) creating and releasing them outside of the U.S.?
Maybe not. At least one bioterrorism provision has extraterritoriality.
Do you know that a pipe bomb is legally classified as a weapon of mass destruction?