[anymouse]

That was a possilbe scenario that I considered when I heard that she regularly took the subway. A newspaper might be the source, but I was just thinking of a a bag left on a seat. Maybe this woman's curiousity got her to open the bag and a cloud of Anthrax puffed out. Maybe it had a powdered sugar donut inside the bag to explain the 'white power'. She might have sniffed it to see if it was fresh, but had second thoughts of eatting something left behind on a subway seat. If she ate the hypothetical donut, then an autopsy should show signs of injested Anthrax in her digestive tract. It might also explain why she deteriorated so quickly.

[syriacus]

I was just thinking of a bag left on a seat.

This sounds as likely for her to pick up as a newspaper, especially if she wanted to sit down and the bag was in the way.