Be careful saying that OsO4 is not a h
azardous waste – If it has not been used for its intended purpose, it
is acutely hazardous (P087).
Once it is been through a process, it may no longer carry t
Finally we put staining solutions cont
ain excess OsO4 into vegetable oil before declaring a waste so as to reduce
it to osmium dioxide
and lab pack it. I don’t know if I agree, but t
I am looking for an alternative proced ure to OsO4 and uranyl acetate preparations for biological samples under EM .
Thanks for t
Have a nice weekend,
James
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Office of Environmental Health and Safety
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Once facility that will accept osmium for recycling is Co
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