Friends of Museumpests list - Credit for the introduction of the use of nitrogen, CO2, and later argon to the museum community in the U.S. really goes to Colin Smith of Rentokil, Inc. of England. This large pest management firm first developed the "bubble", a large, zippered bag for fumigation of grain with methyl bromide in developing countries in the 80's. When Colin first brought the "bubble" to the U.S., and contacted me to guide him through the intricacies of the museum community, he thought it would be used for museum fumigations with methyl bromide. Upon consultation with me and others in the museum community, he was forced to quickly change his thinking when working with museum artifacts; methyl bromide would not be acceptable for fumigation of museum artifacts.
It was then he altered his approaches to use a combination of nitrogen and CO2. The CO2 made the insects and their eggs respire more rapidly and shortened the time it took for complete kill. Rentokil then set up a distributorship of the bubble in the U.S., which later changed hands several times in the ensuing years. From this early beginning, the Getty subsequently produced studies of the effects of using inert gases for disinfestation of museum artifacts. Thanks goes to Colin Smith, Rentokil, Inc., and the Getty for their work and research in this important area of museum IPM. Thomas A. Parker, PhD President, Entomologist Pest Control Services, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: rgi...@tiscali.it <rgi...@tiscali.it> To: pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Thu, May 27, 2010 4:51 am Subject: R: [pestlist] Wating and answer to Dear Eleanor and all friends of museumpests list, et me first ntroduce myself ; me and my company had been the first organisation to ntroduce the anoxia methodology to eradicate insect pest on "large cale" at conservation institutes. The machinery developed for this urpose was called VELOXY (VEry LOw OXYgen) and was certified through he European Project SAVE ART (see the attached video screenplayed 8 ears ago by the European Union. often read the messages of all the olleagues : believe me, is not a matter of the equipment you use !! he MOST important is how to use it . VELOXY was developed at the eginning of '90 and was continuosly improved on the basis of the uggestions of our Customers (see the references at RGI web site). his ast is for Eleanor; I was in touch with your colleague Rafael Paulino e could give to you useful information : VELOXY it is not an expensive evice I have managed the system in order to guarantee the maximum fficacy coupling the minimum dimension and weight avoiding as much as ossible all unsefull electronic devices. The important matter is to radicate the parasites and not to have in your files a lot of diagrams f recordered PC data. incerely Yours Ercole Gialdi (www.rgi-genova. om) ----Messaggio originale---- a: eleamar...@gmail.com ata: 6/05/2010 19.37 : <pestlist@museumpests.net> gg: [pestlist] Wating nd answer Thanks All! my situation is the following: I have a job or an institution of the government, and i will present a royect, for tretament collections ..... and Now i realize that my inancial apabilitie is short. therefor, I'm interesting in using nitrogen's ag and i would like to know, ow expensive is going to be. Jerry, ould be good that you send me a list of the cost and materials, for make the anoxia's bags. Wating and answer as soon as you can. -- Eleanor Ramirez.- anejo Integrado de Plagas Bibliofagas. rchivo eneral de la Nación, R. D. Trova Casa sul portale immobiliare n°1 in Italia http://tiscali.casa.it =
