Information on the website

["Mary W. Ballard" <BallardM@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Smtihsonian Center for Materials Research & Education has posted information on the irradiation of US mail and its effects, please see www.si.edu/scmre/irradiate_exam.html and www.si.edu/scmre/mail_irradiation.html . There is also information on the effects of the World Trade Center dust on works of art and artifacts at the scmre website; the effects on the health of conservators and contamination issues may be found at http://aic.stanford.edu under "What's New?" and "Health and Safety"