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A member asked:
What is the risk for getting anthrax from handling my own mail?
5 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
Very low: Anthrax is very rare and mail is inspected for harmful substances these days.
Answered 2/2/2012
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Virtually nil: The site below provides information about anthrax. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/pmh0002301/.
Answered 9/9/2012
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Very, very low: According to an article written by ed o’keefe for the washington post, the United States postal service spends $101 million annually to screen all first-class mail. Envelopes are scanned and periodic air samples are taken to track for biologic agents. No harmful biological chemicals have been detected since 2002.
Answered 10/4/2016
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