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Anthrax Found at White House Mail Facility. WASHINGTON â Anthrax has hit an offsite White House mail facility and caused the death of two Washington, D.C., postal workers, authorities announced Tuesday. We're making sure the West Wing and the White House is safe, President George W. Bush said in a press conference. White House spokesman Ari Fleischer told reporters that anthrax had been found Tuesday at a mail-screening facility for the White House on a military installation. That facility was closed for testing and decontamination. All environmental tests at the White House itself have come back negative, he said.
Q. What is anthrax? A. Anthrax is a disease caused by a bacterium called Bacillus anthracis. It is a disease which has existed for hundreds of years and which still occurs naturally in both animals and humans in many parts of the world, including Asia, southern Europe, sub-Sahelian Africa and parts of Australia.Anthrax bacteria can survive in the environment by forming spores.t is a disease which has existed for hundreds of years and which still occurs naturally in both animals and humans in many parts of the world, including Asia, southern Europe, sub-Sahelian Africa and parts of Australia. Anthrax bacteria can survive in the environment by forming spores.