Word: hazmat
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...Office workers are afraid to open any letters. News organizations have closed their mailrooms. Government agencies and legislators are leaving constituent mail in bags. Pranksters are taxing first responders so heavily that frustrated law enforcement officers are threatening to put perpetrators in jail for life if they catch them. Hazmat teams are being rushed here and there to scoop up what most of the time turns out to be spilled coffee creamer, salt, dirt, or baby powder...
...Cambridge Fire Department’s Hazardous Materials Team (HAZMAT), which also responded to the scene, performed an “on-scene” assessment of the package, according to HUPD spokesperson Steve Catalano...
Catalano said that the package was deemed suspicious enough to be confiscated by HAZMAT...
Captain Larry Feranzi, spokesperson for HAZMAT, said that by the time members of his team arrived at Hillel, there was no powder visible...
...contacted MIT Police, which, in turn, notified CFD HAZMAT...