Can this thing be used for anaerobic treatment?  It seems that if it can
theoretically keep the nasty stuff in, it should be air tight enough to use
as an atmospheric chamber with any combination of nicer, not so toxic
gasses that are still deadly to bad bugs.
I am certainly not an expert but maybe others on the list could comment.

Pat Strong
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>When our museum was built in 1982, somebody decided to install a
>first-class (I guess) fumigator. It is only configured for ethyl bromide.
>One director decided to try it out and bought a canister of the stuff, but
>nobody dared run the gas thru it; methyl bromide is apparently odorless,
>tasteless, and a very small amount is extremely deadly. The canister stood
>in a corner for a year or so, and then the facility supervisor had it
>disposed of for some unreasonable cost.
>
>More recently, we looked into reconfiguring the contraption to use a
>different gas/liquid/whatever for a fumigant, but the company wanted about
>$6000 to $9000 to come in and change it over. Nothing was done.
>
>So now what we have is a large, Rube Goldberg sort of tank which contains
>an assortment of dead beavers and other odd things, heavily saturated in
>PDB (paradichlorobenzene). It's a very expensive storage box!
>
>Anyway, if you don't already have it I can try and find the company name
>and number for you, Victoria. Good luck
>
>(p.s. I thought this went out already, but eudora sez no...My apologies if
>duplicated.)
>
>Thomas Dyer
>Exhibits Director
>Nevada State Museum & Historical Society
>700 Twin Lakes Drive, Las Vegas NV 89107
>702-486-5205

Pat Strong
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