I was in Europe from 1966 to 1968 when waves of
radioactivity from various testing explosions circled the Northern Hemisphere. A
B.D. farmer in Northern Switzerland used stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) to
put beside his cows fresh cut grass. The cows had refused to eat the grass
untill a sma
How much do you trust your government?
The Anthrax circulated by mail in the US is a strain unique to the US
Government.
It is a contact only form and as such does not pose a risk outside the
actual target or very close by. It is not suited to use in an act of
terrorism. The scatter is a bit lik
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>Subject: Re: Mail Irradiation
>Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 20:14:01 -0500
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Greetings,
I live in DC - about 7 blocks from The White House. I have a friend who works in an administrative position for the post office in DC who called and verified that priority mail that is labeled clearly on the outside what the contents are wou
Brentwood, of course, would be one of the places that I'd expect them
to irradiate for the protection of the government.
Here's what I found on the Postal pages http://www.usps.gov
>USPS has issued contracts for purchases of irradiation equipment and
>said these contracts remain in place. The
Hi! Jane/ Robert/ Allan,
Do you mean scanned with X-Rays, intended to see what is in the mail or
some other radiation, such as Gamma, intended to kill bacteria and like
little beasties?
I doubt if the the normal X-Rays used, would significantly effect most
seeds. When you go through an Airport Se
>Hello,
>does anyone know how to mail a package without it's being irradiated? I
>heard a story about seeds already dying going thru the mail?
>
>TIA,
>Jane S.
Jane - Last I heard, irradiation was scrapped for general mail and
was only being used as sensitive site, ie to protect the government.
Allan:
Your info about irradiation is out of date.
The DC post office (Brentwood?) is currently irradiating mail. I
understand all the govt. POs are also doing this (this from a source at
FEMA).
It's worse than you think. Can someone out there give us more info
about who and where??? I have
Hello,
does anyone know how to mail a package without it's being irradiated? I
heard a story about seeds already dying going thru the mail?
TIA,
Jane S.
Hi Folks!
I felt compelled to pass this along as there is potentially something in
the second part of this compilation that affects a great many of us
around the planet. Perhaps some of you subscribe to Jean Hudon -- I
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