Health problem with methanol?

[Wolfgang Schechinger]

Dear Mr. Salanti, 

as long as you don't drink the stuff or spill large amounts upon yur skin,
you shouldn't expect any damage. Small quantities of methanol also are
present in your food (some of those nicely smelling natural fruit aromas
are methyl esters) and will be readily detoxified by your body without any
problems. 

Of course you will be on the safe side when you perform your experiments in
the hood. 

Best regards,

Wolfgang

At 10:29 AM 2003/2/21 -0800, aes wrote:
>Hi
>When blotting proteins from a gel to a membrane in a semidry blotter we use
>a buffer with 15% methanol! Does anyone have an opinion on health hazards
>from any vapors? Is it necessary to do it in a hood?
>Thanks
>A.Salanti.
>University of Copenhagen
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