Help! ethidium bromide accident!

[Peter Ashby]

In article <3DE631E6.2040506 at yahoo.com>, Sergio <yokese at yahoo.com> 
wrote:

> 
> D.K. wrote:
> 
> >  Third, it is really not a potent carcinogene - there is
> > really no good data showing it has any carcinogeneic properteis
> > on in vivo level (rats drank it on the order of g/kg and were OK). 
> 
> Any reference about this last subject?? Just to convince some 
> ethidium-paranoic coworkers.

I know what you mean I once overheard some coworkers obsessing about it. 
The language they were using would have been appropriate for an 
infective encysted pathogen. I wear gloves and am careful, but there is 
a big difference between that and obsession.

Peter

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Peter Ashby
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University of Dundee, Scotland
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