http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050315/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/pentagon_anthrax_9Anthrax Detected at 2 Defense Mailrooms
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By JOHN J. LUMPKIN, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - Another postal facility was closed Tuesday as concern spread over the detection of anthrax in two pieces of mail at military mailrooms. Hundreds of workers were offered antibiotics as a precaution, though no unusual health problems were reported.
Officials said the mail in question had been irradiated, so any anthrax in them was inert when they triggered alarms at the Pentagon (news - web sites) mail facility and another nearby facility that handles military mail.
Environmental testing was being conducted on the two military mail facilities and on a third postal facility in the District of Columbia, which was closed Tuesday because it may have handled the mail that went to the two military mailrooms.
Antibiotics were offered to some 200 workers at the D.C. facility and to workers at the military mailrooms. Hospitals were told to be on the lookout for symptoms like respiratory problems, rashes or flu-like symptoms that could signal exposure to anthrax, which can be used as a biological weapon. I'd posted just the other day that my mail has been incredibly slow the past three weeks. Not sure if this relates or not, but thought I'd give it its own thread (sorry if it's already been posted).
By the way, aren't we supposed to be safer since we're "fighting (them) over there so we won't have to fight (them) over here?" :eyes: