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Politics : Homeland Security
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To: Jill who wrote (686)11/30/2001 4:43:27 AM
From: Snowshoe  Read Replies (2) of 827
 
>>Now if some spores land on mailbag insides, it's a much lower amount, and it seems less likely to me that they'll get pressed into a passing jostled envelope, stay inside the envelops, and then become airborne to contaminate.<<

Rather than getting pressed inside a second envelope, the spores would more likely get jammed in the pores of the second envelope. Then the violent handling when that letter is opened would cause them to break free and become airborne. I would hope the authorities are doing some experimental modelling of the cross-contamination phenomena, using a harmless substitute such as Bacillus thuringiensis.
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