Mass. Port Authority Reviews New Anthrax Detector

The Massachusetts Port Authority is considering using a portable, inexpensive anthrax detector that is now being developed, the Boston Herald reported today (see GSN, Jan. 11).

“It won’t tell us what it is, but it will tell us that it’s not the bad thing we’re worried about,” said Dennis Treece, Port Authority security chief.

The detection system is still in early development stages by Advanced Space Monitor and Polaroid, and is one of almost 50 that have been reviewed by Port Authority security officials.

The system works by rolling liquid over a small amount of powder. The device would then indicate with a light whether the substance is anthrax, according to the Herald (Jennifer Heldt Powell, Boston Herald, Feb. 24).

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