[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 everythin
Suggest sending everything in lead-lined envelopes
--- Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "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.
> I
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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 irradiate
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
I saw a news report of a company in Vancouver BC, Canada who has, what
was referred to as the largest facility in North America at this time
for this sort of thing. The company has had some dialogue with
Canadian and US postal services and in the report they specifically
mentioned that film
Has irradiation, of the type proposed to be used by the USPS, been shown
to cause problems with film?
The "official" word: the technology to be used will damage film. However, in
the near future (next 12-18 months) only letter mail will treated.
The process for parcels has not yet been dete
Shel wrote:
> What I read is that the proposed system will be using electron beams,
> so perhaps we're making some headway in finding out if the system
> will damage film or not. Any further comments by those in the know
> about these things?
I heard this as well on NPR yesterday on the way home
On Friday, October 26, 2001, at 11:10 AM, Eric Lawton wrote:
>
> However, I did think of one possible positive aspect to this. If you
> ever discover a lens beginning to experience fungus growth just send it
> by USPS to a friend in an appropriate location and have the USPS
> irradiate it. T
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Subject: Re: Lens Fungus and Irradiated Mail - Is the Sky Falling?
Has irradiation, of the type proposed to be used by the USPS, been shown
to cause problems with film? If so, what problems? Or is this another
"internet-sky-is-falling" worry based on assumption rather than
William Robb wrote:
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Shel Belinkoff"
> Subject: Re: Lens Fungus and Irradiated Mail - Is the Sky
> Falling?
>
> > Has irradiation, of the type proposed to be used by the USPS,
> been shown
> > to cause proble
What I read is that the proposed system will be using electron beams, so
perhaps we're making some headway in finding out if the system will
damage film or not. Any further comments by those in the know about
these things?
Alexandre Suaide wrote:
>
> It they want to kill bacteria and virus they
It they want to kill bacteria and virus they would use
electron beams. The amount of radiation should be
large but it is not x-ray or gamma-ray radiation. So,
this kind of radiation should not cause damage to films as films are
sensible to light (x-ray and gamma-ray are a kind of light
with much h
- Original Message -
From: "Shel Belinkoff"
Subject: Re: Lens Fungus and Irradiated Mail - Is the Sky
Falling?
> Has irradiation, of the type proposed to be used by the USPS,
been shown
> to cause problems with film? If so, what problems? Or is
this another
> "
Has irradiation, of the type proposed to be used by the USPS, been shown
to cause problems with film? If so, what problems? Or is this another
"internet-sky-is-falling" worry based on assumption rather than fact or
even anecdotal evidence. What's being proposed is not X-rays, which can
sometime
I was reading the news regarding the USPS begining to irradiate our mail and
I got to thinking about the problems that would cause when sending
undeveloped film through the mail.
However, I did think of one possible positive aspect to this. If you ever
discover a lens beginning to experience
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