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Re: [DCHAS-L] "universal" lab coat?
Date:
Sep 29, 2023 21:40 UTC
Author:
Bridget Morris <0000193824b50d68-dmarc-request**At_Symbol_Here**LISTS.PRINCETON.EDU>
From:
Samuella Sigmann <sigmannsb**At_Symbol_Here**RETIRED.APPSTATE.EDU>
Subject:
Re: [DCHAS-L] Arsenic in taxidermy collection
Date:
Sep 29, 2023 22:02 UTC
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ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU>
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Good grief. Why can't they put them behind glass if they are that
worried? Seems to me if they can figure out how to deal with the
Calder
Mercury Fountain, they can conquer this.
Are people slapping them stirring up dust or licking them? Seems
mostly like a solution looking for a problem to me.
S-
On 9/29/2023 4:16 PM, Info wrote:
Here’s a Friday diversion for y’all
More than 130 taxidermied animals in a South Dakota museum
were found to contain arsenic. Nobody knows what to do with
them
…
The extensive collection of decades-old preserved animals
at the Great Plains Zoo’s shuttered Delbridge Museum has
been a source of drama since August, when tests on the aging
specimens turned up various levels of arsenic – a
carcinogenic chemical that was a common ingredient in animal
preservation throughout much of the 20th century.
The museum was promptly shut down to the public, but
debates about the fate of the animals rage on outside the
silent menagerie’s closed doors. The city’s Facebook pages
have been peppered with comments, from residents upset at
being potentially exposed to arsenic to others urging the
city not to destroy the taxidermy collection.
…
At a press conference last month, Great Plains Zoo CEO
Becky Dewitz said a recent examination of the museum’s
taxidermy collection revealed that 79% of the specimens
contained detectable levels of arsenic.
“Detectable levels”. Ouch. Sorry, just hit my head on my desk
too hard.
The article mentions the “animals” have been in the
collection since the late 1940’s. Wonder if anyone thought to
test the employee’s blood or hair. Or do a floor swipe etc.
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