Chinese equipment to fight anthrax in US
BEIJING: China has developed a machine to destroy anthrax in mail and is getting ready to export four of these to the United States.
The machine developed by Chinese scientists delivers an electronic beam which could destroy anthrax in mail, an official newspaper reported on Friday.
Manufacture of four of the machines, which will be delivered to the US, is underway and going well, according to the science and technology daily.
The Chinese Academy of Atomic Energy Sciences and the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau have signed a contract to manufacture the apparatus.
This new-type electron accelerator, specially designed for killing bacteria in letters and for mail-disinfecting, is a desktop self-shielding machine which can be used in an unprotected room, the report said.
The apparatus, which is two cubic metres in size, produces a high-energy electronic beam which can kill all biological bacteria including anthrax.
Each one can disinfect 10,000 to 20,000 letters daily and is harmless to humans. Treated letters produce no radioactivity, the report said.
However, the report did not give the cost of the machine.
China has not reported any cases of anthrax attack. However, the British Embassy and two multinational companies here received packets with some powdery substance last month but the envelopes were tested harmless.
( PTI )
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