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 We looked at eggs collected in North America starting around 1880 through 1920 and found little mercury or arsenic, certainly not in concentrations that would have been used as a preservative.&nbsp; Old manuals for preserving eggs recommended using mercury and
 arsenic, but in the collection of the Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum (Illinois) and the small sample from the Field Museum in Chicago that we investigated, we did not find such preservatives were used.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:windowtext"> nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Carolyn Leckie<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 23, 2015 10:03 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Gegick, Patricia, DCA; Anderson, Gretchen; Jay R Cordeiro; nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Luci Cipera<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] pesticides and old eggs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Hi Patrick<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">I would encourage you to contact Nancy Odegard from the Arizona State Museum who has tremendous experience and written extensively about pesticide
 residues and testing ethnographic. &nbsp;In particular she has written Old Pesticides, New Problems a Museum Resource for Managing Contaminated Cultural Materials .
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__books.google.ca_books-3Fid-3DgvHjH13ThVEC-26printsec-3Dfrontcover-26dq-3Dnancy-26-2343-3Bodegard-26-2343-3Barizona-26-2343-3Bstate-26hl-3Den-26sa-3DX-26ei-3DpE3rVLzIJdOdygTgm4LoCA-26ved-3D0CCcQ6AEwAA-23v-3Donepage-26q-3Dnancy-2520odegard-2520arizona-2520state-26f-3Dfalse&d=AwMFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=Rtso5JG29ne7Riv68axbS_O0cCREIVydBb-7NqkbI4A&s=G9wAOANyR6MFgTc3nfQIvmdlhm647qPeLCmBkLUBlLk&e=">
https://books.google.ca/books?id=gvHjH13ThVEC&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;dq=nancy&#43;odegard&#43;arizona&#43;state&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=pE3rVLzIJdOdygTgm4LoCA&amp;ved=0CCcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&amp;q=nancy%20odegard%20arizona%20state&amp;f=false</a>.&nbsp; This is a shorter presentation you might find helpful
 &nbsp;<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__sarweb.org_media_files_nancy-5Fodegaard-5Fpresentation.pdf&d=AwMFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=1zkV8ID8pVmEAVfU9MtKHNZLZJBip90ec9JGhkRlXSA&s=05SVqzTKMFBr1SULEKwW8_RZjPwuYpHu9aCaaqH2x1k&e=">https://sarweb.org/media/files/nancy_odegaard_presentation.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Carolyn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a> [<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu">mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Gegick, Patricia, DCA<br>
<b>Sent:</b> February-23-15 10:39 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Anderson, Gretchen; Jay R Cordeiro; <a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">
nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] 2nd TRY: preventing pest damage to bird eggs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Hi Jay,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Is the egg collection pretty old, i.e. early 20<sup>th</sup> century?&nbsp; I have one and was told to be careful as early egg collections were sometimes treated
 with a mercury compound. Ours is bagged and quarantined because&nbsp; I&#8217;m still trying to find someone with a &#8220;mercury sniffer&#8221; to see if they are giving off mercury vapor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Patti<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Californian FB&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:#2C6822">Patricia J. Gegick
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Bioscience Collections Specialist<br>
Department of Collections and Research <br>
New Mexico Museum of Natural History &amp; Science <br>
1801 Mountain Road, NW <br>
Albuquerque, NM&nbsp; 87104-1375 <br>
Phone:&nbsp; 505.841.2867&nbsp; Fax: 505.841.2808 <br>
email:&nbsp; <a href="mailto:patricia.gegick@state.nm.us">patricia.gegick@state.nm.us</a><u>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:&quot;Californian FB&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:#002060;background:beige">Cats' hearing apparatus is built to allow the human voice to easily go in one ear and out the other. -</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Californian FB&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">&nbsp;</span></b><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:&quot;Californian FB&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Stephen
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:windowtext">
<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a> [<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu">mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Anderson, Gretchen<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 23, 2015 8:32 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jay R Cordeiro; <a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] 2nd TRY: preventing pest damage to bird eggs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Hello Jay,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Are you familiar with the Museum Pest Network &nbsp;<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__museumpests.net_&d=AwMFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=gJFqIkvYH70WRY4aJgE2q3xtR2bGlXDon5UZT273wgk&s=Gk6VU54dOJffqIHyEv46EbyxIMiU75uY_YR_ZfEYjb4&e=">http://museumpests.net/</a>
 ?&nbsp; This will provide you with most of the information that you require, as well as an on line list where most you will get the best information on pest management for museums.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Quick answers to your questions:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">1)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">No, PDB is not approved for pest control in museums any more.&nbsp; It should be removed from your storage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">As for other control methods, before you start looking at those (thermal &#8211; freezing or heating, or anoxic) you should determine if you have an active infestation or not.
 Treatment may or may not be required.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">3)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">If treatment is required then determine the best treatment for the collection.&nbsp; Freezing can be done, if it is done properly &#8211; see Museum Pest Network and Canadian Conservation
 Institute &#8211;Integrated Pest Management procedures. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">I would also recommend that you look at your storage materials &#8211; how is this collection stored?&nbsp; Are the storage materials clean?&nbsp; Are the storage materials
 infested?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Good luck!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Gretchen Anderson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a> [<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu">mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jay R Cordeiro<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 23, 2015 8:16 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] 2nd TRY: preventing pest damage to bird eggs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Sent this out last week with no replies.&nbsp; Too much snow shoveling in the U.S. northeast perhaps?&nbsp; Trying again today.&nbsp; Can anyone help me with some insight?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 3:37 PM</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">I was wondering if anyone could recommend the best insect pest (or otherwise) and mold damage preventatives for a soon to be housed bird egg and nest collection?&nbsp;
 Is paradichlorobenzine still utilized? Can bird eggs be frozen without damage?&nbsp; There are approximately 3000 specimen lots in the collection.&nbsp; The institution is small with a limited budget and the collection is not likely to expand much in the coming years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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