[948] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Campus Alert: White powder found at MIT being checked
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kathryn A. Willmore)
Tue Oct 16 14:49:10 2001
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Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 14:27:28 -0400
From: "Kathryn A. Willmore" <kaw@MIT.EDU>
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October 16, 2001
To Administrative Council, Administrative Officers, and Student Leaders:
Please pass this message on to those in your area. (A message has been
sent directly to the faculty.)
This morning, an MIT lecturer in Foreign Languages and Literature was
exposed to a white powder after opening a piece of mail in his office on
the third floor of Building 14.
He called the Campus Police, who responded immediately, together with the
MIT Biosafety Office, and the Cambridge Fire Department Hazardous Materials
Team.
The individual, along with two others in the area, were checked by the MIT
Medical Department and decontaminated. The office has been sealed off and
steps have been taken to decontaminate the office and other areas of the
building.
The powder, less than a teaspoon, was collected by the hazardous Materials
Team and is being delivered to the State laboratory for testing. Initial
results should be available within a day.
In the meantime, please refer to the advisory on mail handling, which is
posted on the News Office website at
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2001/mailglavin.html.
The advisory is being distributed to the mail distribution centers for
pick-up by individual offices.
Disposable gloves are available for free in Room 56-070 for anyone who
wishes to use them for mail handling.
Information session: This afternoon, between 4:30 and 6;00, Dr. David
Diamond and Dr. Howard Heller of the Medical Department, will be available
in Room 26-100 to answer any questions members of the MIT community may
have about biohazards.
The incident remains under investigation. We will keep you posted as we
learn more. Please also check the MIT Homepage at http://web.mit.edu/ and
the News Office website at http://web.mit.edu/news.html for updates.
Kathryn Willmore
____________________________
Kathryn A. Willmore
Vice President and
Secretary of the Corporation
Room 3-207
MIT
Email kaw@mit.edu
Phone 617-253-1704
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October 16, 2001
To Administrative Council, Administrative Officers, and Student
Leaders:
<color><param>FFFF,0000,0000</param>Please pass this message on to
those in your area</color>. (A message has been sent directly to the
faculty.)
This morning, an MIT lecturer in Foreign Languages and Literature was
exposed to a white powder after opening a piece of mail in his office
on the third floor of Building 14.
He called the Campus Police, who responded immediately, together with
the MIT Biosafety Office, and the Cambridge Fire Department Hazardous
Materials Team.
The individual, along with two others in the area, were checked by the
MIT Medical Department and decontaminated. The office has been sealed
off and steps have been taken to decontaminate the office and other
areas of the building.
The powder, less than a teaspoon, was collected by the hazardous
Materials Team and is being delivered to the State laboratory for
testing. Initial results should be available within a day.
In the meantime, please refer to the advisory on mail handling, which
is posted on the News Office website at
<underline>http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2001/mailglavin.html</underline>.
The advisory is being distributed to the mail distribution centers for
pick-up by individual offices.
Disposable gloves are available for free in Room 56-070 for anyone who
wishes to use them for mail handling.
<bold>Information session:</bold> This afternoon, between 4:30 and
6;00, Dr. David Diamond and Dr. Howard Heller of the Medical
Department, will be available in Room 26-100 to answer any questions
members of the MIT community may have about biohazards.
The incident remains under investigation. We will keep you posted as
we learn more. Please also check the MIT Homepage at
<underline>http://web.mit.edu/</underline> and the News Office website
at <underline>http://web.mit.edu/news.html</underline> for updates.
Kathryn Willmore
____________________________
Kathryn A. Willmore
Vice President and
Secretary of the Corporation
Room 3-207
MIT
Email kaw@mit.edu
Phone 617-253-1704
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