Yes!

And also that a major principle in preventive conservation and collections management is to separate food and cooking from the collections as much as possible. So perhaps you change the breakroom / food location to another area, if you can. You restrict cooking to a microwave and that at the end of the day, ALL trash is removed, regardless of how full the trash can is.

If the odor of food and cooking can reach the collections / exhibits areas then you have to assume that the pests, who have far higher developed senses of smell, also smell it too!

Cheers!
Dave

On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Eli Purchase <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Also see the notes on toxicity[
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_freshener#Toxicity ] here
Studies have shown that these air fresheners give off toxic and
carcinogenic compounds, I never use them and never will.  I like to
live by the philosophy of why would you cover up a smell, doesn't it
make more sense to just clean up what's making the smell?

Eli Purchase, MSc
Conservation Technician
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre,
Yellowknife, NT
Phone 867.873.7664

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