Patent ID: 7459700

Claim:
A method for remediating the effects of a biological attack comprising the steps of: exposing mail items suspected of contamination from exposure to a biological agent to sufficient electron beam radiation to substantially decontaminate said mail items; segregating mail items by size and selecting mail items having a substantially letter size; positioning said substantially letter size mail items in a tray; sealing said tray with said letter size mail items therein into a letter tray sleeve; closing said letter tray sleeve; inserting said closed letter tray sleeve into a first polyvinyl bag having a thickness of between about 3 and about 6 mils; goosenecking an opening of said first polyvinyl bag and sealing said goosenecked opening with tape; inserting said goosenecked and sealed first polyvinyl bag into a second polyvinyl bag having a thickness of between about 3 and about 6 mils; goosenecking an opening of said second polyvinyl bag and sealing said goosenecked opening with tape; inserting said goosenecked and sealed second polyvinyl bag into a box; and sealing said box.