Indiana Postal Facilities Receive Anthrax Detectors

The mail-processing center in Lafayette, Ind., is one of nine U.S. Postal Service facilities in the state scheduled to receive anthrax detection equipment, the Journal and Courier reported today (see GSN, June 8). 

Biohazard Detection Systems are being installed at large processing centers to ensure letters containing anthrax are not distributed to smaller facilities, said Kim Yates, customer relations coordinator for the Indianapolis post office.

Yates said the system, while designed to catch anthrax, could be modified to detect other biological agents such as smallpox. She added that the system would not slow down mail processing (Dan Shaw, Journal and Courier, June 14).  

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