[ RadSafe ] Emergency Response -We're not the only onesfacingoverreaction!

[stewart farber]

Jim,
As noted in the article:

"The anonymous tagger [who spray painted some grafitti]  in Safford, Ariz., 
also expressed his
appreciation in writing of hard-rocking bands AC/DC and Iron Maiden.
"We didn't get the connection with the band Anthrax at first," said Graham
County bioterrorism coordinator Brian Douglas."

The context of Antrax with other rock groups and finding a bag of flour in a 
dumpster is what made this story droll [to me at least]

Stu
email: radproject at sbcglobal.net

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Muckerheide, Jim (CDA)" <Jim.Muckerheide at state.ma.us>
To: "stewart farber" <radproject at sbcglobal.net>; <radsafe at radlab.nl>
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 11:18 PM
Subject: RE: [ RadSafe ] Emergency Response -We're not the only 
onesfacingoverreaction!


> I'm not so sure about that Stu. :-)
>
> As much as I deplore the stupid bureaucratic over-reaction to very many 
> conditions, not limited to radiation, I have some sympathy in the context 
> of "threats" from "white powder" that is found in strange locations.
>
> Regards, Jim
> ============
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl on behalf of stewart farber
> Sent: Thu 12/21/2006 6:14 PM
> To: radsafe at radlab.nl
> Subject: [ RadSafe ] Emergency Response -We're not the only ones 
> facingoverreaction!
>
> Hi everyone,
> See the news report below about a supposed anthrax problem. Quick, call 
> the
> Pillsbury Dough Boy or Betty Crocker to deal with the "emergency". Nice to
> know the flour found was not a biohazard!
>
> So overreaction to potential hazards isn't unique to radiation. Is there a
> rock group called Sievert??
>
> Happy holidays,
>
> Stewart Farber, MS Public Health
> Farber Technical Services
> 1285 Wood Ave.
> Bridgeport, CT 06604
> [203] 441-8433 [office]
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> email: radproject at sbcglobal.net
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> Bioworry Sparked by Band Name, Flour
>
>
> Emergency officials in one Arizona city thought they might have trouble 
> upon
> discovery of a white powder near writing on a garbage bin seemingly
> identifying it as anthrax, United Press International reported yesterday
> (see GSN, Aug. 25).
>
> Instead, they had flour and graffiti left behind by a fan of the heavy 
> metal
> band Anthrax.  The anonymous tagger in Safford, Ariz., also expressed his
> appreciation in writing of hard-rocking bands AC/DC and Iron Maiden.
> "We didn't get the connection with the band Anthrax at first," said Graham
> County bioterrorism coordinator Brian Douglas.
>
> Empty flour bags were also discovered in the Dumpster, UPI reported.
> "It went from an emergency to a nonemergency, but we decided to test it
> anyway," Douglas said.
> Tests proved the powder did not carry anthrax, plague, tularemia, pox 
> virus,
> meliodosis or ricin (United Press International, Dec. 20).
>
>
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