Typical government reaction to anything that will give them something to do. HASMAT teams, fire departments, police, counseling for the children etc. etc.
Last week in San Diego, a kid brought a small vial of mercury to school to show it to his friends. I remember playing with the stuff in my hand, in a school classroom, when I was a kid.
The government reaction was unbelievable. HASMAT (What the heck is HASMAT anyway?) teams were called in to three schools after locking all three down. Apparently the bus the kid rode to school, also had kids going to other schools as well. Police, sheriffs, poison control, fire departments, counselors calling parents, the bus itself had to go through decontamination and the list goes on and on.
That one innocent little incident gave close to a thousand government employees a way to pass the time. A way to get through another, long, long, day.
Welcome to the new, changed, America.
John