Hello Judith
Well, my perusing of Conservogram seems very pertinent to the list this week.  They have a section on arsenic and natural history/ethnographic collections and include how to test for it and how to dispose of even the test material.
Also - they provide a date and say anything produced/preserved before that date has arsenic.
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Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 5:49 PM
Subject: arsenic testing



 
I am interested in learning about inexpensive, non-destructive or micro-destructive tests for arsenic and other pesticides on organic collections (taxidermy and Native).
 
Test must be inexpensive enough on multiple items at a financially limited institution.
 
I am a curator at the Montana Historical Society, and we have concerns about some recent accessions given their limited insect damage, despite seemingly poor storage conditions.


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