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Anthrax Clean Up Stops at Florida Building
Decontamination of a Florida building exposed to anthrax in 2001 has stopped because of a contract dispute, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported today (see GSN, March 24). The Albany, N.Y.-based firm Bio-ONE was hired to clean up the American Media, Inc. building where photo editor Bob Stevens died after inhaling anthrax from a contaminated letter. But disagreements over economic terms with building owner David Rustine caused the contract to expire without extension. Rustine bought the building from American Media two years ago. Bio-ONE had hoped to lease the building as its new headquarters, but the contract problem could threaten that move. “Right now, a move into the building or any lease relationship is moot,” said Bio-ONE counsel Karen Cavanagh said. “In some ways, we need to sit down and start over again.” Palm Beach County Health Department spokesman Tim O’Connor said Rustine was responsible for the building’s decontamination and the quarantine would not be lifted until the job was done. “At this point, it’s in the same position as it was” before cleanup began, O’Connor said (Luis F. Perez, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, June 10).
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