Sentences with phrase «anthrax powder»

In response to a question by a committee member, he indicated that the review would help resolve confusion over questions such as the source of silicon detected in the anthrax powder, which in the early days of the investigation was ascribed to silica added to make the spores more easily dispersible.

Shortly after the 11 September 2001 attacks in New York City, anthrax powder was mailed to several politicians and journalists on the U.S. East Coast; 22 people were infected and five died.

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The Houses of Parliament were temporarily closed last night after a powder suspected to be anthrax was found in a main hallway.

There was an anthrax scare at three missions to the U.N. — turns out the mysterious powder mailed to the building was not toxic.

In the fall of 2001, just weeks after the trauma of 11 September, letters laced with powdered anthrax caused death and panic in the United States.

US law enforcement agencies last week released their reasons for suspecting Bruce Ivins, a senior anthrax researcher for the US Army, as the long - sought mailer of powdered anthrax to US media outlets and Senators in 2001.

I had an envelope sent to my work address that contained a white powder, obviously it was intended to make we think I had been exposed to anthrax.