The Brentwood mail-sorting facility in Washington is still closed because of contamination, as is the Hamilton Township processing center in New Jersey.

The 700,000-square-foot Brentwood facility in Washington is more than twice the size of the one here and required 2,000 pounds.

Dr. Walks of the Washington Health Department said at least two other people who worked at the Brentwood facility and had fallen ill were being watched closely.

The decontamination of the Brentwood postal facility took 26 months and cost $130 million.

Cleaning the Brentwood postal facility outside Washington cost $130 million and took 26 months.

The patient was an employee of the Brentwood postal facility, where mail for the United States Capitol is processed.

The appearance of Pilgrim State Psychiatric Center on a preliminary list of a possible site for housing low-income residents has revived speculation about the fate of the largely vacant Brentwood facility.

"However, the mail brought to the remote delivery site is processed through the Brentwood facility," the Secret Service announcement said.

Visitors at the Brentwood facility who should receive prophylactic treatment are defined as vendors, contractors, and persons who handle mail in the mailroom bulk mail acceptance unit.

Two environmental samples tested positive at the center, which receives material from around the country, including the contaminated Brentwood facility in Washington.