1.   Already, contaminated postal equipment sent from the Washington area and New Jersey has spread anthrax spores as far from the East Coast as Kansas City and Indianapolis.

2.   Also Monday, technicians finished fumigating the Hart Senate office building for a second time to get rid of anthrax spores.

3.   And they believe that Harris was exposed to anthrax spores that leaked from it.

4.   And you could wash away some anthrax spores in the bargain.

5.   Anthrax infection can be caused by contact with infected animals or by inhaling anthrax spores.

6.   Anthrax spores are found widely in soil, and a human must inhale thousands of them in a short time to contract the disease.

7.   Anthrax spores can easily survive for such lengths, even at room temperature.

8.   Anthrax spores can survive for decades, and federal investigators now enter the building only in protective suits.

9.   Anthrax spores, if inhaled, can cause an infectious disease that can kill within days.

10.   Another use for the vaccine would be in treating people who might have been exposed to anthrax spores.