This product might be able to help when working with formaldehyde and waste disposal.
http://www.americanbiosafety.com/formaldehyde-disposal.html
Luis
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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] cadaver preservation fluid
Have you looked into Carolina Biological's Carosafe or Perfect Solutions? Our A&P labs use these products and have not reported any issues.
On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 12:13 PM, Laurie Yoder <laurie.yoder**At_Symbol_Here**emu.edu> wrote:
In our teaching lab, we have been using a formaldehyde/phenol/glycerin mixture as a preservative and wetting agent to maintain the cadavers. We would like to move to something less hazardous, and the lab manager is suggesting a 2-phenoxyethanol
and propylene glycol mixture. Does anyone have experience with this replacement? Is it as effective as the formaldehyde/phenol? In my quick glance through the SDSs it looks like a better option, but are there other hazards that we should be aware of? I hope
that we can scale back the need for our formaldehyde monitoring and respirator program by switching solutions.
Laurie
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