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From: "Andrew Grebneff" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 8:25 AM
Subject: Re: airplanes and cleaning tools


> >A friend returning from an island in the Caribbean had to relinquish
> >a baggie full of tide-line beach sand.  I had hoped to examine it
> >for tiny shells during the long winter.  But, I guess that's another
> >whole problem.
>
> Did the Customs morons think it was drug powder?
> --
> Andrew Grebneff

Or did the Customs people consider it as 'soil'? Customs may have a point
here. I think it is wise to label such samples as 'marine sediments for
scientific study' to avoid the -usually wrong- impression that they may be
contaminated by crop pests or other harmful animals.

Marien
www.mollus.nl

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