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Collections conservation practices and possibilities of contamination by hazardous pesticides : towards a non-pesticide approach of conserving organic collections at the Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe
Thesis (PhD (Heritage and Museum Studies))--University of Pretoria, 2022.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/89320 Collections conservation practices and possibilities of contamination by hazardous pesticides : towards a non-pesticide approach of conserving organic collections at the Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe O'Connell, Siona u19214686@tuks.co.za Loubser, Maggi Chiwara, Davison UCTD Collections conservation Repatriation Hazardous pesticides Pesticide contamination Safety protocols Thesis (PhD (Heritage and Museum Studies))--University of Pretoria, 2022. The thesis focused on the investigation of pesticide contaminants on organic collections at the Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe. Data collection methods used included XRF spectrometry, Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, Desktop Survey and interviews. Research findings indicated that the collections at the museum are contaminated with toxic pesticides from historical and current pest control measures used in the museum. The contaminants included heavy metal and organic pesticides. University of Pretoria, Department of Research and Innovation. Tangible Heritage Conservation PhD (Heritage and Museum Studies) Unrestricted 2023-02-08T09:08:55Z 2023-02-08T09:08:55Z 2023-04 2022 Thesis *Chiwara, D. 2022.,Collections conservation practices and possibilities of contamination by hazardous pesticides: Towards a non-pesticide approach of conserving organic collections at the Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria. A2023 https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/89320 * en © 2022 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Collections conservation Repatriation Hazardous pesticides Pesticide contamination Safety protocols Collections conservation practices and possibilities of contamination by hazardous pesticides : towards a non-pesticide approach of conserving organic collections at the Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe |
| title | Collections conservation practices and possibilities of contamination by hazardous pesticides : towards a non-pesticide approach of conserving organic collections at the Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe |
| title_full | Collections conservation practices and possibilities of contamination by hazardous pesticides : towards a non-pesticide approach of conserving organic collections at the Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe |
| title_fullStr | Collections conservation practices and possibilities of contamination by hazardous pesticides : towards a non-pesticide approach of conserving organic collections at the Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe |
| title_full_unstemmed | Collections conservation practices and possibilities of contamination by hazardous pesticides : towards a non-pesticide approach of conserving organic collections at the Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe |
| title_short | Collections conservation practices and possibilities of contamination by hazardous pesticides : towards a non-pesticide approach of conserving organic collections at the Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe |
| title_sort | collections conservation practices and possibilities of contamination by hazardous pesticides towards a non pesticide approach of conserving organic collections at the natural history museum of zimbabwe |
| topic | UCTD Collections conservation Repatriation Hazardous pesticides Pesticide contamination Safety protocols |
| url | https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/89320 |