Oregon Postal Facility to Get Anthrax Detector

The U.S. Postal Service processing and distribution center in Bend, Ore., is the latest facility set to receive equipment that can detect anthrax in the mail, the Bend Bulletin reported Sunday (see GSN, July 20).

Installation of the Biohazard Detection System is part of the Postal Service’s effort to protect the public from biological agents delivered through the mail, according to the Bulletin.

“At the moment, 171 postal sites have the equipment installed and up and running,” said Postal Service spokesman Bob Anderson. “The equipment is only being installed at what we call our processing and distribution centers.”

Oregon processing facilities in Portland, Salem and Eugene/Springfield already have the system, according to Anderson.

Ron Anderson, a Postal Service spokesman for the Portland region, said the Bend system should be operating by next week (Kayley Mendenhall, Bend Bulletin, July 24).

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