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...Clues from the Nguyen case may well prove crucial to unraveling the widening anthrax mystery. As the fourth fatal instance of the disease, Nguyen's illness and death set off new alarms and raises increasingly urgent questions: Where is this bacteria coming from? How is it being distributed among people who do not handle mail on a regular basis...
...Jersey officials struggle to deal with new anthrax cases, authorities in Washington D.C. have agreed to a plan to close down the Hart office building, where Senator Daschle?s office is located, in order to fumigate the entire structure with chlorine dioxide gas, a substance proven to kill anthrax bacteria. The treatment would keep the building off-limits for at least two weeks, but would preserve paperwork and computers. Testing continues at the Longworth office building; employees are expected to return sometime next week...
Moore said all suspicious mail can be directed to the Harvard Environmental Health and Safety Department, where it is heat-shocked to kill all bacteria. However, with the Postal Service’s plan to sanitize all incoming mail, a project that will cost billions of dollars, this will be no longer necessary...
...process, perhaps reducing its chances of uncovering and preventing the next attack. "Every day is Groundhog Day," sighed an overtaxed investigator whose morning begins before dawn. "By 9 a.m. I'm brain dead and we're just starting." On Friday Ridge disclosed that the strains of anthrax bacteria sent to Florida, New York and Washington were "indistinguishable," which suggested a concerted attack by a disciplined network. So did the origin of the envelopes: Trenton, New Jersey, in the same state where several hijackers lived before boarding their plane in Newark; and Palm Beach County, Fla., where Mohamed Atta learned...
...leader Tom Daschle was sent a letter contaminated with anthrax spores, which led to 31 of his staff testing positive for exposure to the disease. Staffers at three U.S. television networks and the New York Post also tested positive, and a Nairobi doctor received a package apparently containing anthrax bacteria. Panic shut post offices and government buildings...