are termites able to eat paper money, considering all the chemicals it has?

Subject: are termites able to eat paper money, considering all the chemicals it has?

Date: Mon Jul 17 11:35:22 2000
Posted by Frank Richardson
Grade level: grad (science) School: indotec
City: Santo Domingo State/Province: No state entered. Country: Dominican Republic
Area of science: Biochemistry
ID: 963848122.Bc

Message:


I work for a bank an once a box used for money tranportation (from 
overseas) came with a slight infestation of termites in the outer part.

Re: are termites able to eat paper money, considering all the chemicals it has?

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