Hello all, I'm wondering if anyone could help me with something. We've recently been carrying out some XRF & swab testing on some of our historic natural science specimens to ascertain whether they are contaminated with arsenical pesticides. Thankfully most of the objects that we've tested so far have showed either trace amounts or no detectable quantity of arsenic. Our next step is to provide hazard advice in our object database, and I was wondering if anyone had done any work regarding minimum safe exposure for material contaminated with arsenical pesticides? At the moment we have a blanket statement of use appropriate PPE and minimise movement/contact, but It would be good if I could get a better understanding of what constitutes low risk/high risk and how to manage the objects in terms of handling, storage and display.
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