Remington Statues in Danger
Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 May 2015 01:06 Written by Albert Greenhut Monday, 15 December 2014 10:18
Tom Daschle, a former US Senate Majority Leader, was also the target of an attack during the fall of 2001. His office was mailed an enveloped of Anthrax (as were other politicians and journalists) this parcel was delivered into his personal office where some of his staffers were exposed to it. His office was quickly quarantined.
After the initial panic of the attack passed and authorities concluded their investigations Daschle wanted to get back to work in the comfort of his own surroundings. The first step was fumigating his office with highly reactive chlorine to ensure that the active components of Anthrax were neutralized. The Chlorine gas was so unstable that they had to create it on site. The problem is that the decontamination would also ruin all computers and any other item unfortunate enough to be in the office. The problem is that Senator Daschle had several bronze Remington statues that would have been ruined if exposed to the chlorine gasses. When officials reached this impasse they contacted the Senate Conservator.
The conservator turned to the proven effectiveness of the Intercept Technology. This way they could abide by the regulations that demanded that everything in the Senators office remain until after the fumigation, but now the stored the statuettes in Intercept would survive, untarnished, to be sanitized safely by hand, which is exactly what happened. This actually led to further work with different departments within the government to look at protecting computers and other electronics forced to undergo decontamination protocols.
Intercept Technology prevents rust and degradation by reacting with and permanently neutralizing atmospheric pollutants. In this scenario the chlorides were much more aggressive than those found in the atmosphere or encountered in the sea, but Intercept Technology preformed as expected and protected the statuettes during the fumigation. So in a way, you could say how the West was saved.
We pride ourselves at standing up to the forces of nature, shipping and storing in harsh environments worldwide as well as rigorous laboratory testing, but this narrative gives us pride because we were able to go above and beyond for a national figure and help preserve artistic treasures. Intercept is a reactive barrier developed by Bell Labs to protect their electronics and metallic frames from both ESD and corrosion damage. Learn more at www.staticintercept.com or write to us to learn more about how Intercept has helped museums around the world. Intercept Technology, always volatile free protection.
