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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Thanks Rob<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">You are absolutely right and I agree this is a very important distinction. I hope you don’t mind that I have copied it to the broader mailing list but kept the header so it is linked to the previous
comments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Mandy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">Dr Mandy Reid</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">Collection Manager, Malacology | Australian Museum Research Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Robert Waller <rw@protectheritage.com>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 29 May 2020 3:53 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mandy Reid <Mandy.Reid@austmus.gov.au><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Test for formalin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Hi Mandy,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">That may be completely adequate for your needs but from a health and safety perspective we should recognize this is not a test for the absence of formalin but, rather, for the presence of alcohol. In that sense, it should
not be thought of as a “test for formalin” but a “test for alcohol” with the understanding that the alcohol may or may not also have a significant concentration of formalin. Again, that may not be important in your application but we always do well to ensure
terminology does not lead to misunderstandings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Rob<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mandy Reid<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 28, 2020 2:21 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Test for formalin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thank you to all the people who responded regarding testing for formalin when you are unsure whether a specimen is stored in ethanol or formalin (particularly problematic in
historic museum specimens). I had an excellent idea sent to me by colleagues from NIWA (<span style="color:black;background:white">The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in Wellington, New Zealand) that I would like to share. It is very simple,
very inexpensive and it is very effective.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Simply draw a line of permanent marker on a strip of wet label paper. Dipped into a formalin solution, the marker stays intact. Dipped into an into an ethanol solution
the marker starts running, or bleeding into the paper. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I tried it and it works perfectly. I have attached an image.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mandy
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">Collection Manager, Malacology | Australian Museum Research Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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