RE: ``Fosfuro de Aluminio``

[Camille Myers Breeze <Camille@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you very much, Mary! I will pass this along and hope they will
reconsider.

Camille Myers Breeze
Museum Textile Services
5 Moraine Street
Andover, MA 01810
978/474-8069



> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Mary W. Ballard [SMTP:ballardm@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent:	Wednesday, November 17, 1999 2:17 PM
> To:	Camille@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; texcons@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:	Re: ``Fosfuro de Aluminio``
> 
> Camille--Aluminum phosphate is a component of soil; aluminum phosphide
> is a fumigant, with the active agent hydrogen phosphide. The latter is
> subject to FIFRA regulations. The TLV is I think 0.3ppm but it is not
> "labeled" [i.e. legal for] wood or homes as far as I can tell from
> reading Mallis. It is used primarily for stored product pests--grain
> weevils, etc--in boxcars and silos. It leaves a whitish powder and
> corrodes metal. It is not recommended for museum objects. You may want
> to reconsider & to remove the textiles. Mary Ballard
> 
> <<< Camille Myers Breeze <Camille@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 11/12 12:19p >>>
> A museum I am working with is about to conduct a building-wide
> anti-termite campaign using "Fosfuro de Aluminio", or aluminum
> phosphate, I guess. They have several textiles on display, include
> infested wooden beds covered with historic bed covers. Does anyone
> know
> whether any precautions should be taken with the textiles, such as
> covering them with plastic? Removing them from exhibit is not an
> option.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Camille Myers Breeze
> Museum Textile Services
> 5 Moraine Street
> Andover, MA 01810
> 978/474-8069
> 
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