Hi Vanessa,
Re your posting of 8 April 2018:
> ... assist a local museum which has recently had a fire , and resulting
> asbestos contamination of their collection. Fortunately, only one room
> was badly burnt, and none of the collection is wet. However, our regulations
> in Australia require
On Sun, 8 Apr 2018 Vanessa Wiggin asked for conservators to share experience
in dealing with asbestos contamination.
As in Australia, regulations in the UK also require asbestos decontamination
to be carried out by licenced practitioners only. Faced with treating a
significant group of artworks
I have been asked to assist a local museum which has recently had a fire ,
and resulting asbestos contamination of their collection. Fortunately, only
one room was badly burnt, and none of the collection is wet. However, our
regulations in Australia require asbestos decontamination to be carried
