Anthrax Removed From Mail Facility in Cleanup
From Times Wire Reports
Fumigation has eliminated all traces of anthrax from a Hamilton mail processing center that handled at least four tainted letters more than two years ago, officials said. The building, which has been closed since October 2001, should reopen by the end of the year, perhaps as early as this summer, said Thomas G. Day, vice president of engineering for the Postal Service. He estimated the cleanup cost at $80 million.
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