Shortly after the Sept. 11th attacks, buglars broke into a fee office in St. Louis county and stole both equipment and supplies used to manfucture driving licenses and state IDs.

The equipment, which remains unrecovered, was stolen after the fee office had removed its buglar alarms.

The recent media blitz on bioterrorism -- criticized as excessive by some media critics -- could also be adding to the rapidly increasing depression, stress and anxiety in Missourians.

Suspicious packages, including mail without return addresses and mail from foreign nations or Trenton, NJ will be scruitinized, according to the governor's spokesman

Holden's office also suggested that all state agencies use mail handling procedures that include opening mail in an area isolated from other employees and providing protective gear -- such as masks, safety glasses and latex gloves -- for employees opening mail.

An additional fifteen samples were brought in for testing on Wednesday to the Missouri State Health Lab.

While lab tests ruled out anthrax, supervisor Donald Knoth says recent circumstances have lead to increased precautions.

A resident found a suspicious substance on an envelope. Now the Missouri State Health Department is investigating.

The spokeswoman asks residents to call local law enforcement rather than public health if they suspect they may have been exposed to anthrax.

The spokeswoman says the department has simply reminded its offices to adhere to security measures already in place.

Last month equipment, software and materials used to make state IDs were stolen from a department fee office in Overland, Missouri.

This comes after a letter sent to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle tested positive for Anthrax.