Re: Latest on Irradiation & Seeds

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• Subject: Re: [GWL]: Latest on Irradiation & Seeds
• From: fran gustman fgustman@juno.com>
• Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 12:20:12 -0500
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On Tue, 19 Feb 2002 10:13:30 -0600 Doreen Howard <doreenh@ticon.net>
writes:
> This is from Todd Davis' Weekly NMPRO email newsletter:
> 
> * While some seed companies have already switched to alternate 
> shipping
> companies, U.S. Postal Service suggests using another carrier to 
> mail seeds
> or other plant materials. It issued a warning against the effects 
> of
> irradiation on seeds, cuttings, plants and bacterial growth. USPS 
> will
> irradiate packages, letters, flats, express and priority mail with 
> stamps.
> It will not irradiate USPS Express mail with meter strips or 
> corporate
> accounts; priority mail with meter strips or permit indicia; all 
> registered
> mail and bulk quantity mail. http://www.amseed.com/govt.asp

Am I the only one that thinks that the efforts of our postal service are
ludicrous? Is the post office assuming that no terrorist would have
access to express mail with meter strips or corporate accounts, etc.? Any
terrorist with a brain in his head can figure a way around these
irridation measures. Meanwhile, it incoveniences, if not hurts,
legimitate users. 

Sorry, guess I'm feeling irritable.

Fran
Fran Gustman, Editor
HortResources Newsletter
New England Horticultural Resources Network
Boston, MA
fgustman@juno.com

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