Bioterrorism and the built environment.(a look back at the anthrax scare)

Buildings,  November, 2003  by Babcock, Regina Raiford

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It began when a letter was opened in Senate Majority Leader Thomas Daschle's suite at the Hart Senate Office Building in late October 2001. With the knowledge of the anthrax-laden missive, the bioterrorism scare started and deepened when anthrax spores were found in a Washington, D.C. postal facility.

As the crisis continued, spreading from Florida to New York and resulting in the deaths of five people and widespread public concern, there was still the question of how to clean up the contaminated facilities. Ashland Inc.'s Drew Industrial, based in Booton, NJ, is a major ...

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