Strong contamination with ethidium bromide

[peter]

On Jun 4, 6:05 pm, Undergrad <sylvain.ba... from laposte.net> wrote:
> Since 3 weeks I am using Ethidium bromide without taking much more care of
> it.  Everyday I used it and I notice that few drops of the stock solution
> were throw on my finger each time I opened the tube. I never washed
> afterwards. I estimated that I have done it at least 10 times. I just read
> how toxic is ethidium bromide and now I am very scared about had
> contaminated myself. Some people says that ethidium bromide fear is paranoia
> but if not what should I do? Book a place in a graveyard ?
>
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Don't worry you will be fine...EtBr has been investigated as a drug
against cancer in the past, not very effective ....
Peter