流产诊所的恐怖性信件被清除
MIAMI, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Powder in a threatening letter addressed to an abortion clinic in Florida has tested negative for anthrax, a company executive said on Thursday.
The letter, coming amid a national scare over a bioterrorism campaign in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks on the United States, was addressed to a Planned Parenthood clinic in Stuart, Florida.
It was intercepted by the post office and tested positive for anthrax in a preliminary screening but was sent to a lab in Miami for more conclusive tests.
"I got the information that my two field samples came back negative. No, it is not anthrax," said Lillian Tamayo, CEO of Planned Parenthood of Palm Beach and the Treasure Coast.
She said the group's four clinics in the region were open for business as normal.
"The terrorists didn't win," she said.
More than 90 Planned Parenthood clinics in at least 13 states received similar letters in envelopes containing powders and threatening anthrax exposure. So far none have contained the potentially deadly bacteria.
The Stuart letter and others were from a militant anti-abortion group called the Army of God.
Clinics that offer abortion have long been the target of hoax letters claiming to carry anthrax. But the threats have been treated even more warily now because of the real anthrax outbreaks in Washington, New York and Florida., http://www.100md.com
The letter, coming amid a national scare over a bioterrorism campaign in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks on the United States, was addressed to a Planned Parenthood clinic in Stuart, Florida.
It was intercepted by the post office and tested positive for anthrax in a preliminary screening but was sent to a lab in Miami for more conclusive tests.
"I got the information that my two field samples came back negative. No, it is not anthrax," said Lillian Tamayo, CEO of Planned Parenthood of Palm Beach and the Treasure Coast.
She said the group's four clinics in the region were open for business as normal.
"The terrorists didn't win," she said.
More than 90 Planned Parenthood clinics in at least 13 states received similar letters in envelopes containing powders and threatening anthrax exposure. So far none have contained the potentially deadly bacteria.
The Stuart letter and others were from a militant anti-abortion group called the Army of God.
Clinics that offer abortion have long been the target of hoax letters claiming to carry anthrax. But the threats have been treated even more warily now because of the real anthrax outbreaks in Washington, New York and Florida., http://www.100md.com