Editing Anthrax (section)

==== Decontaminating mail ====
In response to the postal anthrax attacks and hoaxes, the United States Postal Service sterilized some mail using gamma [[irradiation]] and treatment with a proprietary [[enzyme]] formula supplied by Sipco Industries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usps.com/news/facts/lfu_021202.htm|access-date=13 August 2008|title=Latest Facts Update |date=12 February 2002|publisher=USPS|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509204939/http://www.usps.com/news/facts/lfu_021202.htm |archive-date=9 May 2009}}</ref>

A scientific experiment performed by a high school student, later published in the ''Journal of Medical Toxicology'', suggested a domestic [[ironing|electric iron]] at its hottest setting (at least {{convert|400|°F|°C}}) used for at least 5 minutes should destroy all anthrax spores in a common postal envelope.<ref>{{cite news |title=Seventeen-year-old devises anthrax deactivator |date=23 February 2006 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna11522143 |work=[[NBC News]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007082027/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/11522143/ns/msnbc-the_ed_show/t/seventeen-year-old-devises-anthrax-deactivator/ |archive-date=7 October 2014 }}</ref>