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Re: Latest on Irradiation & Seeds

Doreen, 
 As I read this piece, it seems the thrust of the message is mail going to
government zip codes"202-205"  is irradiated when hand stamped . Mail going
to residential and business addresses in the District of Columbia are zip
codes"200". Therefore, if you privately send your congressional
representative a hand stamped and hand addressed letter with a packet of
seeds enclosed it is likely to be irradiated. If a business is fulfilling a
mail order sale to a customer in the residential or business areas it will
not be irradiated. Furthermore, the fact that most business mail is metered,
has a return address coinciding with the meter permit and the delivery
address is printed, is further assurance that this type of mail is not
irradiated. Thank you Doreen for locating and posting this article.
Rose Marie
-- 
Nichols Garden Nursery - Herbs and Rare Seeds - A complete garden seed
catalog featuring new and unusual vegetables, herbs, and flowers.
www.nicholsgardennursery.com - email: nichols@gardennursery.com
(800) 422-3985 - 1190 Old Salem Rd NE, Albany, OR 97321-4580

> From: Doreen Howard <doreenh@ticon.net>
> Reply-To: Gardenwriters@topica.com
> Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 10:13:30 -0600
> To: Gardenwriters@topica.com
> Subject: [GWL]: Latest on Irradiation & Seeds
> 
> 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
> 
> You can subscribe to this weekly newsletter by going to:
> http://www.greenbeam.com
> 

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