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Subject: Letters Free of Anthrax at BIA in Albuquerque Author: No name [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 16:08:49 12/03/01 Mon Wednesday, November 14, 2001 Letters Free of Anthrax at BIA in Albuquerque By Jackie Jadrnak Journal Staff Writer http://www.abqjournal.com/paperboy/text/news/505487news11-14-01.htm No sign of anthrax has shown up on tests of letters that sparked an early end of the work day for Bureau of Indian Affairs employees last month, according to the state Department of Health. The department's Scientific Laboratory Division ran tests on 35 envelopes, and all of them were negative for anthrax, spokeswoman Jackie Campo said Tuesday. The letters raised a scare among workers in Albuquerque on Oct. 31 after they received an e-mail from BIA headquarters telling them the mailing had been processed through the Brentwood postal facility in Washington, D.C. That building was closed last month after two workers died of inhalation anthrax. The experience raised concerns that the anthrax spores might have attached to other mail handled there. The BIA said the mailing, which was related to a court case, was sent to the homes of 11,000 employees nationwide. It warned workers later that the letters may have come into contact with anthrax. The BIA office at 615 First NW in the Plaza Maya Building sent workers home early Oct. 31 after receiving the e-mail notice. Isleta Pueblo Elementary School, run by the BIA, also canceled classes the following day because workers there had received the letter. But state health workers said the chances were small that anyone risked developing anthrax from receiving those letters. No cases have been reported in the state in several years. Health department workers also had taken samples from Albuquerque's main post office to check for anthrax. Results from those tests probably will be available Friday, Campo said. Copyright 2001 Albuquerque Journal [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]