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To: Alamo-Girl
"If the perp loaded the envelopes in a house or apartment, there should be some spilled or leaked anthrax that should infect other people in the vicinity sooner or later."

Actually, an off-the-shelf HEPA filter (available at Home Depot or just about anywhere else) will trap >99% of anthrax spores. The perp is perfectly free to work at home as long as he keeps a HEPA air filter running nearby, and tidies up after a work session with a HEPA-equipped vacuum cleaner. Throw away the used filters and the FBI could swab his apartment for anthrax without finding anything.

Question for Oxford, CT police: What kind of vacuum cleaner did Mrs. Lundgren own? A HEPA-equipped one? If so, they need to check its filter.

32 posted on 11/30/2001 11:03:54 PM PST by Fabozz
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To: Fabozz
"Question for Oxford, CT police: What kind of vacuum cleaner did Mrs. Lundgren own? A HEPA-equipped one? If so, they need to check its filter."

Rereading that, it almost sounds as though I'm accusing Mrs. Lundgren, which is obviously not the case. Rather, a HEPA vacuum would explain how she could be exposed to anthrax inside her home without any detectable spores left behind: She'd continue to be well enough for days after exposure to have vacuumed once, which would put all the spores in the filter rather than lying around to be detected.

33 posted on 11/30/2001 11:09:29 PM PST by Fabozz
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To: Fabozz
Hmmm ... thank you so much for the analysis!
37 posted on 12/01/2001 7:38:55 AM PST by Alamo-Girl
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