Regarding irradiated mail in the message below, I found this web site for
the USPS,

http://www.usps.gov/news/2001/press/pr01_1204position.htm

I also spoke to a clerk who told me that mail from only certain ZIP codes
was being irradiated.

Anybody else have any other info?

Kate

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on 2/6/02 7:16 PM, Wes Peterson at [log in to unmask] wrote:

> I received the following message from a mailing list I'm subscribed to:
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> February 6, 2002
>
> Hello Folks
>
> I received an e-mail this morning from my good friend Michelle
> Bell-Turner in No. Queensland informing me that she'd heard that the
> United States Postal Service (USPS) was now irradiating all packages due
> to concerns over anthrax. So I decided to check this out, and called
> 1-800-ASK-USPS. Well, it turns out to be quite true! Many thanks,
> Michelle, for the heads up!
>
> ALL packages sent within the United States via the government postal
> service (USPS) are now irradiated.
>
> I did ask about packages sent to destinations outside the USA via the
> USPS and these are NOT currently irradiated. But certainly this could
> well change.
>
> Please note that this relates only to the USPS -- this has no bearing to
> private delivery services such as FedEx, United Parcel Service (UPS),
> etc.
>
> So, to state the obvious, I'd strongly recommend that if you are sending
> or receiving anything that could be in any way damaged by irradiation
> such as supplements, food items, seeds, etc. that you do not use the US
> Postal Service for this purpose.
>
> Cheers
>
> Doug
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> Douglas Morrison
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