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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.
Ingestion of anthrax can cause serious, sometimes fatal disease. The most deadly form is inhalation anthrax. If the spores of anthrax are inhaled, they migrate to lymph glands in the chest where they proliferate, spread, and produce toxins that often cause death. Anthrax is an infection by bacteria transmitted from animals. 2  Anthrax causes skin, lung, and bowel disease and can be deadly. 3  Anthrax is diagnosed by cultures from infected tissues. 4  Anthrax is treated by antibiotics. 5  Anthrax can be prevented. 6  Sadly, the greatest threat of anthrax today is through a bioterrorist attack.