Anthrax
Elderly victim may have been infected by tearing up contaminated junk mail
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, April 28th, 2002
Investigators have never given a conclusive explanation for Ottilie Lundgren's death November 21, 2001, one of five since anthrax-laden letters were mailed to media and political offices in the fall. But they have long suspected cross-contamination of her mail.
About 80% of Lundgren's mail was bulk delivery, some of which passed through the same Trenton, New Jersey, postal facility that handled contaminated letters sent to Sens. Tom Daschle and Patrick Leahy,...
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