14 Oct
2001
14 Oct
'01
6:06 p.m.
On Sunday 14 October 2001 13:11, sunder wrote:
This is a stupid question but as I'm not a biologist, I'll ask it anyway and risk looking foolish...
Would it help to microwave your mail if you don't know where it came from and you're sure it doesn't contain an objects? i.e. it's not a CD you've ordered from Amazon. :)
Do anthrax spores get cooked enough by microwaves to be killed, or are they too dry in spore form to be nuked?
Of course, if we start mass nuking our mail, the terrorists might mail us something that would explode when nuked... still, for now it's a question to ask.
Will foil-embossed Halmark cards ignite if microwaved? How about things with staples in them? This anthrax situation is just someone being a spore sport...