A stop-gap measure for anthrax-related terrorism?
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Okay, get this... A 17-year-old has done something that millions in government spending couldn't: figure out a way to kill anthrax in the mail for private citizens. Marc Roberge, a high-school student, performed an award-winning experiment on an anthrax-similar (non-lethal) substitute called bacillus subtilis. The similarities between the two allowed him to perform the experiment with confidence in the results. Using a regular iron, set on high heat without steam, you can iron your mail as a stop-gap to kill the anthrax spores. Just apply a little pressure, go back and forth over the suspicious letter for a few moments, and bam! you're anthrax-free. Young Mr. Roberge does insist that his measure is simply for extreme cases where the proper authorities can't be contacted and reminds people to *ALWAYS* notify said proper authorities as the first measure of defense.

Read the articles at:
Anthrax remedy: clothes iron?. (2006). ABC News (from Associated Press). Retrieved Feb 24, 2006, from http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=1643020&page=1

Seventeen-year-old devises anthrax deactivator. (2006). MSNBC. Retrieved Feb 24, 2006, from http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11522143/

Student to publish anthrax science project. (2006). MSNBC (from Associated Press). Retrieved Feb 24, 2006, from http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11473217/from/RSS/

Listen to the NPR Interview:
Roberge, M. (2006, Feb 23). Teen develops defense against anthrax. Day to Day, Retrieved Feb 24, 2006, from http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5230109&ft=1&f=17

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