Neda Fallah
Soheila Ebrahimi Vostakolaei

Devastating threat of bioterrorism is one of the main factors influencing the health of nations. Bioterrorism includes utilizing biological agents as weapons for creating an epidemic disease or death of humans, animals, or plants to achieve a military, political or economic purpose. Antimicrobials and vaccines are possible solutions helping to be protected from this threat, as well as political solutions. Among these solutions, vaccination is the most immediate and conclusive protective solution. Atomic bombs can be also classified as a sort of biological weapons because they increase the risk of cancer among peoples exposed to these weapons such as Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombardment in 1945. Watercress plant which is cultivated near spring water or running waters is a rich source of a natural antioxidant compound called Phenyl Ethyl Isothiocyanate (PEI) which is able to stop the development of cancer. In this paper, a review of bioterrorism, biological agents, and their effects, with emphasis on atomic bombs and cancer incidence, has been presented and it is proposed to use watercress extract as an inexpensive oral vaccine which can be produced in large scale allaround the world for the purpose of widespread use and protecting nations against cancer

Atomic Bombs, Biodefense, Bioterrorism, PhenylEthyl Isothiocyanate (PEI), Watercress (Rorripa NasturtiumAquaticum)