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From risking poison to poring over batik: A day in a heritage conservator's life
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SINGAPORE - Risking poison is not what one expects from a museum job, but health hazards are all in a day's work for museum conservators at the Heritage Conservation Centre (HCC).
Antique clothing and fabrics can be deadly as they are coloured with dyes containing arsenic and other dangerous chemicals.
