Old Poisons, New Problems

Old Poisons, New Problems

A Museum Resource for Managing Contaminated Cultural Materials

by Nancy Odegaard, Alyce Sadongei

126 pages· 2005· ISBN 9780759105157
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Old Poisons, New Problems is a practical guide to identifying, testing for, and dealing with contaminated cultural materials archived in museum collections. Special features include worksheets for performing basic tests, charts of scientific and historical information on known pesticides, data resources, and illustrations. This book will be useful to the museum community and tribal groups involved with the management and/or repatriation of these collections.

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