Does Acetone Neutralize Dioxin Contaminated Apparati?

[Craig Thompson]

In article <199606141239.IAA03864 at bottom.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, 
kschuett at magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu says...
>
>I have seen in our campus Environmental Health and Safety (the Haz Mat
>folks here at OSU) guidelines that acetone can be used to neutralize PCBs
>(is this actually true?)  Would acetone have the same effect on other
>lipophilic polychlorinated compounds such as dioxins?  Any help would be
>appreciated.
>
>Kris Schuett
>Dept. of Zoology
>Ohio State University
>schuett.1 at osu.edu
>

Probably just solubizes the compounds allowing you to wipe them off with a rag.
Neutralize?  Bad word choice.

Craig
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