Kansas Mail Facility to Begin Using Anthrax Detector

The U.S. Postal Service mail-processing facility in Wichita, Kan., is expected to being using a system to detect anthrax in the mail on Friday, the Wichita Eagle reported (see GSN, Sept. 16).

The Biohazard Detection System in the Wichita facility joins systems already being used in Topeka and Kansas City, Kan. It is one of 218 in use across the country, according to the Eagle.

Systems used at Postal Service sites have screened more than 22 billion pieces of mail, said Sharon Allen, manager of the Wichita processing and distribution center. “We have never had a false positive,” Allen said (Stan Finger, Wichita Eagle, Sept. 17).

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