<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><br><span style="color:black">Hello,<br><br>Do you use a commercial laboratory to test animal taxidermy
mounts for the presence of arsenic and other hazardous materials ?<br><br>If not, do you use a home test kit?</span> I became aware of Weber's test. Is this an "industry standard"?<span style="color:black"><br></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Is
there a "certified clean" certification or something similar? Is there a
regimen of materials for which testing should be done? I know about As,
Hg, Pb. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Is there a year before which you assume a mount has been treated with arsenic?</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Thanks.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Ralph North, CHMM<br>Environmental Affairs Specialist<br>University of Wisconsin System <br>Office of Safety and Loss Prevention<br>780 Regent St.<br>Madison, WI 53715-2635<br>rnorth@uwsa.edu<br>(608) 263-4419 <br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"> </p><br><div><span name="x"></span><br><span name="x"></span><br></div></div></body></html>