NP ironing lettters kills anthrax, expert says

[Doug Millison]

http://www.timesofindia.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=1564218019

[...]  A leading bioterror expert said on Tuesday people who feel panicky
about opening their mail amid the anthrax scare can use a hot steam iron
and a moist layer of fabric to kill germs.
Ken Alibek, a top former Soviet germ warfare scientist who is now a
US-based author and researcher trying to develop defences against
bioterror, told a surprised congressional briefing on nonproliferation that
a hot, moist steam iron and moist fabric could kill anthrax spores.
Pressed by surprised lawmakers who were not sure if they had heard him
right, he repeated that several tiimes.
"Iron your letters," he said, adding that a microwave oven was not as good
as an iron and that including moisture was essential because spores could
survive dry heat." [...]