Thanks. I am not surprized - that was my gut feeling when I started finding them in the collections.
Another strike against poisons! I am waiting for clit to call - we are suposed to be looking at houses on line. He is flying in to look on Monday and I want to have 6 to 8 for him to look at on tuesday and Wed. Who knows - maybe we can get this taken care of! And life can get back to normal. (That is too much to hope for.) Best gretchen From: caha...@aol.com [mailto:caha...@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 07:21 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net <pestlist@museumpests.net> Subject: Re: [pestlist] ID of pesticide package Attached is a very old (i.e., poor quality) scan of a paper describing the breakdown products of DDVP strips - they are appallingly bad for collections, so aged strips should never be left in cabinets or exhibit cases. Ideally, they should have been disposed of about one month after they were put in place. Cathy Catharine Hawks Conservator 2419 Barbour Road Falls Church VA 22043-3026 USA t/f 703.876-9272 mobile 703.200.4370 In a message dated 2/1/2011 4:13:09 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, simmons.jo...@gmail.com writes: Thanks to everyone for their identification and good advice on the ancient DDVP strip. Unfortunately, I can't dispose of the pesticide strip because it isn't mine. The photo was taken of the strip as it hangs in an exhibit in a public gallery of a well-known museum that shall remain nameless(but if you live in Chicago you can probably figure it out). The exhibit contains a headdress which contains feathers and appears to be made of felt, hanging very close to the DDVP strip. --John The information contained in this message and/or attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any system and destroy any copies. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender.
