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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Bentley, Andrew Charles<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 06, 2013 3:01 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Collection and curatorial staff health issues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have recently had a spate of health issues specifically related to one area of our building and the staff associated with this area. The symptoms are respiratory (tightening of throat and shortness of breath) and skin related (lesions,
rashes etc.) and isolated to this particular area of the building which houses our bird collections, people space and a library. We recently renovated this area which may have disturbed some old underlying issue in this area. Our EHS unit on campus has been
through and done the usual mold and VOC testing and results suggest that all levels are below acceptable levels and guidelines. There is no smoking gun as it were and we have initially, tentatively eliminated the above causes. At this point we are stumped
and were wondering if any similar symptoms have been found or encountered at any other collection facilities and, more importantly, if anyone has any ideas as to what could be causing this. We would be particularly interested in hearing from any institution
that may have tested for these and other potential harmful side effects of collections.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The only other factors that we can potentially point to is that we occasionally get (or used to get) bats and squirrels entering the space and “roosting” in the ceiling spaces of this area of the building. We have also been made aware
of a malady called bird breeder’s lung or hypersensitivity pneumonitis (<span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/indoorenv/mold.html#5">http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/indoorenv/mold.html#5</a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"\.HelveticaNeueUI";color:black">)
</span><span style="color:black">and wonder if anyone has had issues with this in collection environments – specifically dry bird collections.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Any help or suggestions would be gladly accepted.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks<o:p></o:p></p>
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