White Powder Alarms Postal Service Workers
From Times Wire Reports
A Postal Service center in Tacoma was evacuated after a preliminary test indicated white powder found among some envelopes might be toxic. Later tests found no signs of a harmful biological substance.
Meanwhile, six Postal Service workers were taken to a hospital in Fort Myers, Fla., after they were exposed to an unknown white powder when they opened a mail container at Southwest Florida International Airport.
Tests on the substance found there also were negative.
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