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BOULDER, Colo., April 14 (UPI) -- Tea bags mailed as tax protests to government officials in Colorado, New Hampshire and California have been mistaken for hazardous materials.
The office of U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., in Boulder said emergency responders were called after a lumpy white envelope with no return address arrived in the mail, the Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday.
The Boulder County Hazardous Materials Response Team said the package was found to contain a tea bag and a note reading: "We the People, 1773."
Meanwhile, the office of Democratic U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter in Manchester, N.H., said a hazmat team was called after employees discovered an envelope labeled "tax protest" filled with tea leaves.
In California, the office of U.S. Rep. George Radanovich, R-Calif., in Modesto, Calif., was evacuated after an intern found an envelope filled with with a "granular substance" that was later confirmed as tea.
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