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    • What are they?
    • Why are they hazardous?
    • What do they look like?
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    • What must a museum do?
    • What can I do?
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  • Asbestos
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    • What is it?
    • Why is it hazardous?
    • What does it look like?
    • Where might you find it?
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    • What must a museum do?
    • What can I do?
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  • Biological hazards
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    • What are they?
    • Why are they hazardous?
    • What do they look like?
    • Where might you find them?
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  • Controlled drugs
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    • What are they?
    • Why are they hazardous?
    • What do they look like?
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    • What must a museum do?
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  • Explosives and energetic materials
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    • What are they?
    • Why are they hazardous?
    • What do they look like?
    • Where might you find them?
    • The Law
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  • Firearms
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    • What are they?
    • Why are they hazardous?
    • What do they look like?
    • Where might you find them?
    • The Law
    • What must a museum do?
    • What can I do?
    • Sources and references
  • Kinetic hazards
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    • What are they?
    • Why are they hazardous?
    • What do they look like?
    • Where might you find them?
    • The Law
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    • What can I do?
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  • Lead and its compounds
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    • What are they?
    • Why are they hazardous?
    • What do they look like?
    • Where might you find them?
    • The Law
    • What must a museum do?
    • What can I do?
    • Sources and references
  • Mercury and its compounds
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    • What are they?
    • Why are they hazardous?
    • What do they look like?
    • Where might you find them?
    • The Law
    • What must a museum do?
    • What can I do?
    • Sources and references
  • Mould
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    • What is it?
    • Why is it hazardous?
    • What does it look like?
    • Where might you find it?
    • The Law
    • What must a museum do?
    • What can I do?
    • Sources and references
  • Nitrate film
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    • What is it?
    • Why is it hazardous?
    • What does it look like?
    • Where might you find it?
    • The Law
    • What must a museum do?
    • What can I do?
    • Sources and references
  • Radiation
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    • What is it?
    • Why is it hazardous?
    • What does it look like?
    • Where might you find it?
    • The Law
    • What must a museum do?
    • What can I do?
    • Sources and references
  • Spirit collections
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    • What are they?
    • Why are they hazardous?
    • What do they look like?
    • Where might you find them?
    • The Law
    • What must a museum do?
    • What can I do?
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    Arsenic and its compounds
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    Asbestos
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    Biological hazards
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    Controlled drugs
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    Firearms
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    Kinetic hazards
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    Lead and its compounds
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    Mercury and its compounds
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    Mould
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    Nitrate film
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    Radiation
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    Spirit collections

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This eTool is a source of general information for people that work with museum, gallery, archive, library and heritage collections in the UK. It is provided in good faith, for the purpose of improving knowledge and raising awareness about hazards that may be found in collections. The accuracy of information in this eTool was checked prior to publication in September 2019 but it may not have been updated or checked for accuracy and completeness since. All information in this eTool must be used with a degree of caution. Nothing in this eTool can be interpreted as legal advice; readers are encouraged to seek independent legal advice. References to any item of UK legislation and the requirements of these may have been superseded or revoked since the publication of this eTool.