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...There are two ways to kill anthrax bacteria lurking in letters and packages: Steam and irradiation. The Washington, D.C. area postal service is currently using irradiation to rid its mail of lingering bacteria, and officials are evaluating both methods for widespread...
...Another day of new anthrax cases and no apparent breaks in the case left officials frustrated and defensive. The government seemed to know little more than the general public about where the mail-borne anthrax bacteria might be originating, or who might be sending...
...Irradiation: Currently FDA-approved for use on meat, this process would kill off any dangerous bacteria by blasting mail with radioactive rays, much like...
...psyche is not helped by the fact that Bush administration officials have been sending out a lot of mixed signals over the past two weeks. First we were told the anthrax spores found in Senate Majority Leader Daschle's office were "weapons-grade." Days later, authorities backtracked, saying the bacteria appeared to be in a much cruder form than originally thought. Soon after that, two U.S. Postal Service workers were dead and several more were infected with the inhaled form of the disease - catastrophes linked, apparently, to the Daschle letter. Now, suddenly, we're back to "weapons-grade" anthrax...
...mail tested positive for anthrax. The Anacostia Naval Station, located miles from the presidential residence, is serviced by the Brentwood post office where two employees were diagnosed with inhaled anthrax. White House spokesman Ari Fleischer expressed "confidence" that no one at the White House had been exposed to the bacteria. Environmental tests at the White House are negative...