<div dir="ltr">I have a related question to this arsenic thread. Our OSHA and Safety people on campus told me when we were arsenic testing and had concerns that there is very little information available on dermal toxicity of arsenic. In their minds, therefore, since we weren't using it ourselves or at risk of ingesting it or inhaling it, then there wasn't much concern from their standpoint. I mentioned that (at that time) we had discovered some contaminated specimens in our teaching collection (they were enclosed in tubes, but still; we've replaced them with clean specimens) and that we were concerned that folks might handle the birds and then either eat afterwards or whatever, and they seemed relatively unconcerned, claiming that an individual would have to consume a large amount of arsenic to be affected. <div>
<br></div><div>Can anybody speak to this? Clearly we're all concerned in the museum world for containing affected specimens, yet our health officials really aren't concerned. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div>
<div><br></div><div>Kirsten</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 9:21 AM, Lena Hernandez <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:LHernandez@themosh.org" target="_blank">LHernandez@themosh.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Hi all, <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Recently I attempted testing for arsenic in the mounted specimens of our collection. My issues, that I hope some of you can help with, is that I am getting a negative result on specimens that I am sure have arsenic. Has anyone else run into this problem? If so how did you solve it? I am following the protocol developed by NPS in their Conserve-o-Gram 2/3 and using Hach’s arsenic test kit, since the one recommended by NPS is no longer made. Any suggestions would be most welcome. Feel free to contact me off list if you would prefer.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Lena Hernandez<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Collections Manager/Registrar<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Museum of Science and History<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">1025 Museum Circle<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Jacksonville, FL 32207<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<a href="tel:%28904%29396-6674%20x212" value="+19043966674" target="_blank">(904)396-6674 x212</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:lhernandez@themosh.org" target="_blank">lhernandez@themosh.org</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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