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U.S. Postal Service to Test Fumigate Anthrax-Contaminated New Jersey Facility The U.S. Postal Service today is expected to test a fumigation system at the anthrax-tainted Hamilton postal facility near Trenton, N.J., as part of its efforts to decontaminate the facility, according to the Associated Press. The plant has been closed since October 2001 (see GSN, April 11). The test will involve only a small amount of chlorine dioxide gas and will pose little risk to area residents, said Postal Service spokesman Burt St. John. Chlorine dioxide gas was previously used to decontaminate other facilities contaminated by anthrax during the 2001 anthrax attacks. If the test is successful, further tests are scheduled to occur later in the year, with full fumigation to begin in November, St. John said. Postal officials said the facility would be reopened in spring 2004 if the decontamination is successful (Associated Press/USA Today, Sept. 5).
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