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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: FaultLine who started this subject10/17/2001 2:26:09 PM
From: CountofMoneyCristo  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
RE: Anthrax

My family had an old family friend over for dinner last night. This is unlikely to interest many of you. However, the following may very well be of interest: he is a leading biochemist with the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. He discussed the anthrax attacks in the broader context of fighting bioterrorism of other forms as well.

His conclusions are that in fact anthrax in every form is remarkably easy to "kill." In fact, many dangerous biological strains are already handled properly in the food industry. He stated that this process is not expensive or exceedingly complex. You would seal off an area, such as a mail room, then have all containers such as envelopes, packages, etc. placed on a conveyor belt which runs through a tunnel wherein all contents are irradiated, hit with doses of radiation which in effect "scramble" the DNA sequence of the bacteria or virus, rendering them non-lethal and completely harmless - "killed."

It is important to remember that anthrax and other bio-weapons of terror are organic materials. This is a safe and effective way of killing them off. This may become necessary for all luggage brought into the U.S. by travelers, all mail and all containers offloaded from ships. This is already being done on a large scale in the agricultural sector. I am told it would not be prohibitively expensive or a great nuisance - simply an adjustment.
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