ethidium bromide disposal

[Robert Horton]

vaidyaa at HAL.HAHNEMANN.EDU wrote:
: Are you sure about ethidium bromide being used as a "sheep dip"?  What for?
: A disinfectant?  There are a bunch of people here who are quite paranoid about
: ethidium bromide disposal.  I would very much like to see more along this
: rather old thread, but now with this added "sheep dip" variation!!!
:
It's used in veteranary medicine as an antihelminthic (according to the Merck
Index). I'm not sure if you dip the sheep in it or not:

	Mary had a little lamb
	Whose fleece was orange and glowed...


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