No poison found after scare at US naval mailroom

April 18, 2013 23:11

The Pentagon today said that a suspicious substance in a US naval mailroom near Washington turned out to be harmless, amid jitters in the capital after ricin-laced letters were sent to a senator and President Barack Obama.

"The initial testing of the suspicious substance came out negative for a poisonous material and was cleared" by a hazardous materials team in Arlington, Virginia, the US Navy said in a statement.

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