Off topic - bio hazard materials on currency banknotes

[Owen Blacker]

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DeBug wrote (2001-10-15 T 15:58 +0200):
>
> This is very alarming.
> If you hear anything about
> bio hazard materials on currency banknotes
> please let me know.

I've heard nothing of the sort, from any source, including mass media
and government sites.

I think it's EXCEPTIONALLY unlikely that anyone would consider banknotes
a realistic vector for transporting any bio-organisms.  Even anthrax
spores (for example) would end up (a) all over the carrier, (b)
affecting lots of people indiscriminately, including supporters of any
given terrorist cause and (c) not being even remotely reliable (it's not
pticly easy to infect someone with spores from Bacillus anthracis,
really it's not  :)

Aside from the fact that this is so wildly off topic as to be unreal, it
sounds like an urban myth in the making.  Can I suggest you try Usenet
(alt.urban-myths, alt.terrorist.wtc-attacks ?) rather than the GPG users
list?  :o)

All the best,


Owen x
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