It appears that the letter sent to me may contain enough spores to kill well over a 100,000 people, but it also may well have evidence, fingerprints or anything else,
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Thus far, we have no evidence of any growth that would suggest we are seeing any spores,
The level of severity was higher than that observed in the Hampton County rust field. Approximately 30 per cent of the collected leaves had 1 or more ASR pustules on the bottom surface. Most of the affected leaves had 5 to 15 pustules. This indicates that we may have had spores produced by the initial pustules and we are seeing a second generation of pustules now. It also means that infection probably took place 10 to 14 days ago.
Say, for instance, you're sprayed with anthrax from an aerosol source, or it gets on you from a letter, ... Our research shows that if the clothes are put in a sealed plastic bag and then your body washed with soap and water, that should eliminate the spores.
We have equipment that is sophisticated enough to pick up just 10 spores of anthrax. It's just a matter of cost and how much money countries want to spend.
If a carcass is unconsumed for a day, anthrax within the animal has a chance to form spores, and these spores are incredibly resistant. That's how the disease spreads. So you set yourself up for increased incidence of disease both animal and human.
Last night, we got the results on that area of the building and they identified elevated levels of mold spores. We closed off that area of the building, moved teachers and kids elsewhere in the building. Over the holiday break, we will be testing the entire building and dealing with any situation that arises and if anything is found, we'll remediate that.
Rust spores can be carried by wind currents hundreds or even thousands of miles, even across oceans. They are eventually brought down to earth by rain, and a leaf that's been wet for several hours is needed in order for a spore to germinate and infect a plant.
What we are really attempting to do here is make sure you have antibody defense after you stop the antibiotics, ... Should one of those dormant spores come around, we can then take care of it.