Comment Comment on current events from the editor and others. Columnist Columnists from The Argus. Archive Searchable news archive. Features Features from the The Argus. Anthrax link By Peter Reeve US health officials today said there was a definite link between the anthrax scares in New York and Florida.
Preliminary tests show that both outbreaks involved the same strain of the killer disease.
Officials said their findings didn't necessarily mean the anthrax had come from the same source. But the results could help investigators find the individuals or groups responsible. US law enforcement officials insist there is no hard evidence linking the anthrax scares to Osama bin Laden or any other foreign terrorists. Meanwhile, the US House of Representatives and three Senate office buildings in Washington DC have been closed after 31 Congress workers tested positive for anthrax exposure. Traces of the deadly disease were also been found in the Manhattan offices of New York Governor George Pataki.