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From: guy@sun.uucp (Guy Harris)
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Subject: Hazardous Monetary Waste
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Date: Sat, 24-Aug-85 03:08:27 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug 24 03:08:27 1985
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From the August 20th New York Times:

SHREDDED MONEY IS TREATED AS TOXIC WASTE ON THE COAST

  SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- California's laws against hazardous
substances are so tough that its list of restricted substances include old
money.

  The two tons of old United States currency that the Federal Reserve Bank
of San Francisco shreds each day are considered hazardous waste by the state
because of its lead and copper content.

  That is why the shredded bills have to be packed in sealed dumpsters and
transported to dumps for highly toxic waste.  Workers with gauze masks and
protective clothing shovel up any residue left from the shredding.

	Guy Harris