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We’re excited to share part two of our video featuring the X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer at The Bone Museum! In this follow-up, we take you behind the scenes as we scan various specimens in our collection. While most pieces tested within normal ranges, we did uncover a few with extremely high levels of mercury, lead, and arsenic. Determining whether these readings are due to dietary exposure or historical cleaning methods is challenging, as it was not uncommon for certain chemicals to be