Ethidium Bromide in aequous phase ?

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On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, Roland Hübner wrote:

> > If it evaporates, what is the concentration
> > then in the vapour, is it measureable?
> ...
> > The aim of all this questions is to make a decicison,
> > if we should pour our agarose gels with ethidium
> > bromide in the hood or not.

Sure you should. EALARP is the magic word. Stands for "Exposure As Low As
Reasonably Possible". It is no big deal to poor a gel in the hood, so why
not DO it ?

Kind regards, 

Clemens Suter-Crazzolara, PhD
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