Academic thesis
| Farina Kolbe: | Active compounds and methods for the control of insect pests in museum collections - a historical overview of the use of biocides in the 20th century. | Back |
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| Abstract: | This bachelor thesis gives an overview of some important active substances and methods for the control of insect pests in museum collections in the 20th century. The known insecticides are assigned to their substance groups and application periods, application types and human toxicity are described. Based on an archive evaluation at the GRASSI Ethnological Museum in Leipzig (GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde in Leipzig), the insecticides used there during the 20th century are presented chronologically. In the following, the distribution of insecticides within museum collections will be discussed and the present-day effects of past insecticide treatments in the form of potentially caused damage to objects and the health hazards for conservators and depot staff resulting from insecticide treatments will be described |
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