This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- I suggest you talk to Joe Perko at Rapid Refile, a company that does vacuum freeze-drying and other kinds of disaster mitigation. They have fabulous freezing capabilities, and everyone there is knowledgeable and a pleasure to work with. Their facility is in Pennsylvania under 2 hours from NYC. Phone: 877-59-RAPID.
I am very much against using chemical pesticides in cases like this. No matter how sure you may be about safety, some of your users would no doubt be uncomfortable handling the material. These days, people have plenty of reason not to believe it when they're told that some chemical is safe. You absolutely cannot put yourself in a position where you use chemicals and don't tell anyone. IF then someone finds out, it will look like you were hiding something bad. Barbara Appelbaum On Jul 30, 2012, at 11:53 AM, Kaplan, Emily wrote: > This is a message from the Museumpests List. > To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net > To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Hi, > Freezing will be faster than Vikane or anoxia, and should be cheaper. Perhaps > you should look into a freezer truck. It will be safer than Vikane if you > have poor ventilation but a qualified exterminator should be making sure that > there is efficient ventilation, in which case you should not have any > residual sulfuryl fluoride. Studies on the effects of Vikane on > proteinaceous collections materials were somewhat inconclusive. Freezing is > ideal for collections like this. > Best, > Emily > > Emily Kaplan > Conservator > Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian > Cultural Resources Center > 4220 Silver Hill Rd Suitland MD 20746 > 301.238.1418 fax 301.238.3201 > kapl...@si.edu > > > > From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of > Bloomfield, Nicole (US) > Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 10:33 AM > To: 'pestlist@museumpests.net' > Subject: [pestlist] Vikane and Talstar P interactions with historic > clothing/textiles > > This is a message from the Museumpests List. > To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net > To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Hello, > I am the manager of a collection of about 10,000 pieces of vintage clothing > (mostly wool and fur/leather) that are infested with moths. I am looking into > the possibility of a low temperature treatment (freezing) of the collection > in the NYC area. Freezing the collection will definitely be time consuming > and expensive, although I believe it is possible. That said, it is a > "working" collection, meaning the vintage is used as reference material and > in heavy circulation (like a library book); e.g. constantly being handled by > people all day without gloves. Because so many people rely on it on a daily > basis, I am getting pressure from above to fumigate the entire thing. The > fumigant the exterminator would like to use is Vikane, and then they would > like to clean the entire collection room with Talstar P. > My questions to you all are: > · Will Vikane cause damage or change the appearance of the > collection? (I know that it likely will, especially because of the wool, but > wanted to double check) > · Is it safe to fumigate the clothing with Vikane and then return the > items to immediate handling by people? > · Is it safe for me to be handling a collection on a daily basis (50 > hrs/week) that has been fumigated with Vikane? > · Is Talstar P a good choice for cleaning the shelving, walls, nooks > and crannies with? > · Is it safe for me to be confined in a room with poor ventilation > that has just been treated with Talstar P? > I have read the MSDS sheets for the chemicals and the JAIC article about > Vikane from 1990, but still feel uneasy about the toxicity of the > fumigants/pesticides that they would like to use. I want to be armed with as > much information as possible to make this decision. > I know this is a lot to ask all at once, and thank you all in advance for any > advice you can offer. > Best regards, > Nicole > > > > This message and any attached documents contain information which may be > confidential, subject to privilege or exempt from disclosure under applicable > law. These materials are intended only for the use of the intended recipient. > If you are not the intended recipient of this transmission you are hereby > notified that any distribution, disclosure, printing, copying, storage, > modification or the taking of any action in reliance upon this transmission > is strictly prohibited. Delivery of this message to any person other than the > intended recipient shall not compromise or waive such confidentiality, > privilege or exemption from disclosure as to this communication. 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