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1 posted on 09/15/2002 11:32:25 AM PDT by knak
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To: knak; Mitchell; Nogbad
So, it would be interesting to know the date on the earliest photocopied documents which show anthrax conamination.

According to the New England Journal of Medicine, the most likely source of Stevens' exposure was the so-called "J-Lo" letter. Published reports are sketchy and somewhat contradictory, but suggest this package was received about a week before 9/11, set aside as "kook mail" until later, and Stevens was exposed to the contents on 9/19. Even if the reports of a delay between the package's arrival and Steven's exposure to the contents are accurate, it is still not clear whether the package was opened on arrival, or whether it was simply set aside in the mail room unopened, until it piqued somebody's interest.

2 posted on 09/15/2002 11:42:24 AM PDT by The Great Satan
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When the copy paper was inserted into the machines and used to make copies, investigators believe, the spores dislodged and were "aerosolized" into the atmosphere by the whirring fans and other moving parts of the high-speed copiers.

Seems kind of iffy to me. The reams of paper are sealed, by more paper and some glue. I could see the spores settling onto the outside of the reams, but not much getting onto the sheets on the inside, there to be "aerolized" by the fans and other moving parts. The wrappers end up in the trash or recycle bin, not in the copier.

3 posted on 09/15/2002 11:48:05 AM PDT by El Gato
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Alternative theory: Florida anthrax terrorist got in to the building thru real-estate wife of editor and used those very copy machines.
4 posted on 09/15/2002 11:48:15 AM PDT by M. Thatcher
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To: knak
I'm afraid to touch my FAX machine now- what if someone has FAXed anthrax to me?????
6 posted on 09/15/2002 12:02:53 PM PDT by RANGERAIRBORNE
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To: pokerbuddy0
Bump.
51 posted on 06/02/2003 4:40:36 PM PDT by Shermy
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