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Re: Arsenic in furs
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Andy Grilz <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:15:57 -0500
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Pretty high. Arsenic soap was used well into the 1970s.

On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Upham Mansion
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear Fellow Listers,
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>
>
> I am trying to determine (before spending funds on a test kit) if the fur
> coats, stoles and muffs we have in our collection may contain arsenic.
>
> I’ve looked online, read the NPS information CCI information and the Museum
> Listserve archives and have learned that a form of arsenical soap was used
> in the preservation process for taxidermy (mainly to prevent insect
> infestation) but my question is-  is there a possibility that our furs (some
> dating back to the early 1900s) contain arsenic?
>
> Thank you!
>
>
>
> Kim Krueger
>
> Coordinator
>
> North Wood County Historical Society
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> 212 W. 3rd
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> PO Box 142
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> Marshfield, WI 54449
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> 715.387.3322
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