Friday, April 19, 2013

How the Post Office Sniffs Out Anthrax Before It Hits Your Mailbox

The Amerithrax case of 2001, in which letters harboring Anthrax spores were delivered to media outlets and a pair of US Senators' offices, killed five people and sickened another 17. In the wake of these attacks, the US Postal Service (USPS) installed a system of electronic noses in mail processing facilities around the country designed to sniff out the deadly bacteria before someone else does. More »
    


Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/Y_8IfZSo9gU/how-the-post-office-sniffs-out-anthrax-before-it-hits-your-mailbox

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