Transcript: Profile: Problem of completely removing anthrax spores from contaminated buildings

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Profile: Problem of completely removing anthrax spores from contaminated buildings

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Members of the US Senate and their staff may be able to return to their old work spaces soon. Crews are almost finished cleaning up the Hart Senate Office Building, the site of a major anthrax contamination episode in October. The building has been closed since then and subjected to repeated cleanings. Some postal workers in New York say they want their work space to get the same treatment. NPR's Larry Abramson reports.

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