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Re: [GWL]: Chemical Sanitizing of the Mail

CNN reports this lunch time that mail heading into Washigton is 
already being irradiated.

Graham Rice

>I've been following this story carefully and consulting with old sources in
>various industries.  The consensus is that irradiation of the mail is very
>costly, probably prohibitive.  See this breaking story on AP for details:
>http://news.excite.com/news/r/011026/10/news-attack-anthrax-irradiation-dc
>
>In my humble opinion, as a former newspaper reporter who covered politicians
>including George W and Tom DeLay, the initial noise about the need for
>cobalt gamma ray irradiation was to stir up the political atmosphere.
>Emergency appropriations were made yesterday for the postal service.  The
>more money you say you must have or people will die, the more generous
>Congress gets.
>
>There are chemical sanitation systems already in place in the food industry
>that are applicable for sanitizing mail.  The Postal Service is exploring
>them.  These systems use a mist or fog to saturate mail--it gets inside
>envelopes and into every nook and cranny.  The chemical fogged is usually
>carbolic acid--the stuff in mouthwash that kills all the bacteria in your
>mouth.  It's also an excellent antiseptic.  10 percent chlorine bleach
>solution also kills anthrax spores (and AIDS virus), but it affects inks.
>Bleach is what is being used, along with carbolic acid, to sanitize affected
>buildings, by the way.  Chemical fogging systems are readily available, much
>cheaper than gamma rays and can be in place in hot spot post offices within
>a week to 10 days.  I believe this is what the US Postal Service will do.
>But, I think that many government agencies and the White House will choose
>to install the costly gamma ray systems.  Heck, we taxpayers can afford it!
>Doreen Howard
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