Clare Hi
this might be of use:
http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/museumconservation/pdf_hi/scmc-0001.pdf
on mercury:
Sci Total Environ. 2007 Nov 15;387(1-3):346-52. Epub 2007 Jun 27.
Mercury in air and plant specimens in herbaria: a pilot study at the
MAF Herbarium in Madrid (Spain).
Oyarzun R, Higueras P, Esbrí JM, Pizarro J.
best wishes
Luba D Nurse
conservator
On 25 August 2011 10:52, Brown, Clare <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Does anyone have a herbarium handling risk assessment (inc. mercuric
> chloride) that I could look at please?
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> Also, can anyone give me an approximate date for when mercuric chloride
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