[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > 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. >
Quoted from an offical USPS publication: "Irradiation will be used on targeted mail, not all mail. All of the mail from Brentwood and Trenton has been radiated. The only mail currently being irradiated is mail going to specific government offices in certain zip codes. Irradiating all mail simply is not practical....... .....The irradiation process can have various adverse effects on certain products sent through the mail. These products include: Biological samples -- blood, fecal, etc. Diagnostic kits, such as those used to monitor blood sugar levels Photographic film Food Eyeglasses and contact lenses Electronic devices would likely be rendered inoperable The efficacy and safety of drugs and medicines can be affected." Julie - 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 .
