Florida building declared safe, years after anthrax attack killed tabloid editor (AP)

[Eugene]

Florida building declared safe, years after anthrax attack killed tabloid editor

The Associated Press
Published: February 7, 2007

BOCA RATON, Florida: A building once occupied by a tabloid newspaper and vacated
after an anthrax attack killed a photo editor has been deemed safe, more than two
years after cleanup began, according to federal officials.

Bob Stevens, a photo editor for American Media Inc., died in October 2001 after
being exposed to anthrax in an envelope mailed to the building, which housed
offices of the National Enquirer.

Stevens' diagnosis brought to light widespread anthrax attacks that paralyzed the
U.S. with bioterrorism fears shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and
Washington. The publisher later moved from the building, and the case remains
unsolved.

In a letter to the Palm Beach County Health Department, federal officials said the
building could be "safely reoccupied" and normal activities resumed.

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Full article: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/08/america/NA-GEN-US-Anthrax-Building.php

[keepCAblue]

1. I seem to recall Rudy Giuliani's company cleaned then bought this bldg

Rudy G.'s company, Bio-ONE, won the contract to decontaminate this bldg...they then bought it dirt cheap. Now there's a sweet deal -- get paid millions to decontaminate it, then buy it dirt cheap so you can turn around a couple years later and sell it for killing (pun intended).

Florida building declared free of anthrax
The former American Media Inc. building in Boca Raton, Florida, is declared free of anthrax spores early in the day by Karen Cavanagh, chief operating officer of BioONE and Sabre Technical Services, which carried out the decontamination. The building was fumigated with chlorine dioxide beginning yesterday. Workers will continue testing the building for up to 8 weeks before it is reopened. BioONE, the company established by former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, plans to move into the building, which was the site of the first anthrax letter received in the 2001 attacks.