[Cicero]

For what it's worth, anthrax isn't a white powder.

So far, there has been no follow-up in the news media on any of these numerous white-powder stories.

[formernyer]

So what would anthrax look like? Would you see anything?? Could it be in envelope?? Maybe the powder is a carrier substance that when blown away would allow the spores to go with it??? Help. I want to know what I should be on the look out for. THanks

[Labyrinthos]

For what it's worth, anthrax isn't a white powder.

I think the common anthrax variety found in the artic regions is white for the same reason artic rabbits and polar bears are white.

[Letitring]

I've heard it on CNN, and MSNBC. The IRS building thing yesterday was run, complete with pictures. Pictures of one in Florida. Showed the people being hosed down, etc. Saw this last night, and again today. Have heard updated coverage about this powder stuff on CNN and MSNBC, today. FBI labs are checking it out. Don't know what it is, yet, if anything.

[RJS1950]

Lyophilized (a freeze drying sample preparation method) Bacillus Anthracis could resemble a white powder.

[Ranger]

What color is botullism?

[defenderSD]

Cocaine is a white powder. Drug smugglers can't get enough of it through the border now and it's piling up in their warehouses. So they're sending free samples to people through the US mail to generate new business. (Just kidding folks, but I wouldn't be too concerned about white powders. This stuff is probably nothing very hazardous, but we'll just have to wait and see what it is.)