RE: irradiation of US mail

[glen.vickers@EXELONCORP.COM]

I wouldn't think package irradiation is in the publics best interest



If I recall back from school, it took hundreds or thousands of Rads to stop

seeds from germinating and killing bacterial.  Wait til Mr. Lipton hears

about all the postal workers really harming themselves from these kRad

irradiators.



Who will pay for all of the damaged electronic or film goods put through the

mail?  Even today's electronic dosimeters have finite lives, which I believe

are somewhere in the kRad range.



Doesn't cover all of the chemicals I learned about in the Army Nuke, Bio,

Chem school.



If a solution were forced, I believe the solution would be to have chemical

sniffers and quarantine the package for someone else to deal with.  I'd bet

commercially available bug poisons might be close enough to cause some false

positives as nerve agents.  I'm sure there'd be a few false positives until

things got sorted out.  Remember false positives from the Gulf War?...



I think to claim a "corrective action to prevent recurrence" is such a tall

order, that it is almost ludicrous.



Glen Vickers



> -----Original Message-----

> From:	Mark Dater [SMTP:mdater@gilead.com]

> Sent:	Thursday, October 18, 2001 10:29 AM

> To:	radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

> Subject:	irradiation of US mail

> 

> Hi Radsafers,

> I am serious, and this is not tongue and cheek stuff.

> Do any Radsafers know of serious discussions about the possibility of

> irradiating the US Mail. This would seem a prudent practice, but is it

> feasible?

> I don't know enough about it and would appreciate any further information.

> 

> Thank you,

> Mark Dater

> RSO

> Gilead Sciences, Inc.

> These questions and comments are mine alone and do not reflect the opinion

> of my Employer.

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