Optical brighteners

From: Monika Akerlund <*monika.akerlund*> Date: Thursday, January 11, 2007 · monika.akerlund

We would like to know if optical brighteners (whitening agents) in
herbarium paper could have a harmful effect on the specimens?

Monika Akerlund
Curator
Preventive Conservation Croup
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Box 50007
SE-104 05 Stockholm
Sweden
+46 8 519 542 01
Fax: +46 8 519 540 85

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