Dear Fabio,

Isopropyl alcohol is quite toxic to humans.

Dear Peggy,

I find ethyl alcohol rather aromatic and tasty.
We should drink responsibly, however.

Harry


At 08:41 AM 11/28/2006, you wrote:
>isopropyll alcohol isn´t toxic (for us i mean)????
>Well Ethyll alcohol is very cheap here in Brazil, so i always
>use it as conservative. Sometimes 5% of glicerine helps avoiding
>tissues to harden.
>
>Fabio Wiggers
>
>
>--- Peggy Williams <[log in to unmask]> escreveu:
>
> > I regularly  use 70% isopropyll to keep shells til I get home.
> > Ethyll
> > alcohol is preferred for DNA studies but tends to harden the
> > animal,
> > I've found, and smells bad!
> >
> > Sometimes my extra-strong water pik will clean cones -
> > especially
> > after a few days' soaking in water (change it frequently). If
> > the
> > cones are still alive, you can often get the animal out using
> > your
> > microwave for just a few seconds. The water pik will usually
> > finish
> > the job.
> >
> > Peggy

Harry G. Lee, M. D.
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Jacksonville, FL 32210 USA
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