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[GWL]: Irridiation Update

I'm offering the following rather lengthy email on the latest I've heard concerning the irridiation of mail.

Sybil
Paradise Nursery

>Below is some info on  irradiation. I got this from a company that I get my
>CASS Zip code verification/mailing software. They are usually a very
>reliable source of info on the happenings at the USPS.
>Jeff
>Jeff Miller, Exec. Dir.
>Virginia Nursery & Landscape Association
>www.vnla.org <http://www.vnla.org>
>
>***Postal Service May End Irradiation ***
>
>The U.S. Postal Service is hoping to get out of the mail
>irradiation business, planning instead to focus on
>detection of anthrax spores and other biological agents,
>postal industry and other sources said. Hard hit by the
>recession and declining mail volumes, USPS is exploring
>whether another government agency may be better suited to
>the costly and time-consuming task of irradiating the mail,
>industry officials said. When the anthrax attacks took
>place in October, shutting down much of Capitol Hill
>temporarily, the Postal Service scrambled to find a way to
>ensure mail was free of anthrax spores and turned to
>irradiation technology. It signed contracts with firms in
>Lima, Ohio, and in Bridgewater, N.J., to use their
>technology to irradiate the mail. USPS also purchased eight
>machines from Titan Corp. for $40 million, which have not
>yet been installed. Since then, postal officials have
>learned that zapping the mail can damage some contents and
>significantly slow delivery. "Postal officials have made
>abundantly clear that they do not like the option of
>radiating mail and would like to take whatever steps they
>can to get out of the mail radiation business," said Gene
>Del Polito, president of the Association for Postal
>Commerce, who most recently spoke with high-level postal
>officials about this issue last week. Another source
>familiar with the thinking of top postal officials said
>they do not see sanitizing the mail as part of their core
>business. "They are exploring if there's not a better
>government agency to handle this type of activity," the
>source said. "Any rational individual would ask themselves
>that." 





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