The last newspaper article I read (Chicago Tribune) reported that the USPO does not intend to introduce irradiation widely. It is targeted, in general, for governmental mail and mail to certain parts of Florida (where the anthrax was received or handled).
Maris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Tainter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: rec.photo.film+labs To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 4:57 PM Subject: Irradiated mail | I received a mass mailing from the National Park Service in DC regarding | the experience with irradiated mail arriving at the National Register of | Historic Places. The National Register requires archivally-stable | documentation, including photographs. To quote: | | "Unfortunately the mail has been severely damaged by the irradiation | process. Photographs have melted and bubbled, paper has yellowed and | become brittle, and pages are stuck together. Irradiation also destroys | electronic media such as computer disks...." | | Photographers beware if mail irradiation becomes widespread. Not only | will this affect the mail processing industry, but even sending | snapshots to relatives. (For that matter, it looks like it may affect | notes to relatives, letters, bills, checks, nearly everything.) I | haven't heard anything lately about whether the Postal Service still | plans to implement irradiation widely. | | Joe | - | This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, | go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to | visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . | | - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
