Maine Postal Facilities to Get Anthrax Detectors

Two U.S. postal facilities in Maine plan to install a system that can detect anthrax in the mail, the Associated Press reported yesterday (see GSN, July 8).

The mail-processing center in Portland is expected to install the Biohazard Detection System in mid-July, followed in September by the facility in Hampden. The postal sites are among 250 processing centers across the United States that are to receive the system, according to AP.

Air samples are continuously passed through the system and tested every hour. An alarm sounds if anthrax is detected, according to postal officials (Associated Press/Times Argus, July 10).

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