HEADQUARTERS MARINE CORPS WASHINGTON (Feb. 8, 2004) -- For the first time since the 2001 anthrax attacks, a team of the Marine Corps' Chemical Biological Incident Response Force was called into action Feb. 3.
A 161-member team, headquartered at Indian Head, Md., responded to a call from the capitol police, after a postal worker at the Dirksen Senate Office Building found ricin in a mail sorter Feb. 2.
The ricin, a highly toxic chemical derived from the castor bean, was found in a mailroom in the office of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn.
A 161-member team, headquartered at Indian Head, Md., responded to a call from the capitol police, after a postal worker at the Dirksen Senate Office Building found ricin in a mail sorter Feb. 2.
The ricin, a highly toxic chemical derived from the castor bean, was found in a mailroom in the office of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn.
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Americans should know that Marines are on the frontlines on the homefront, as well.
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