Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!uunet!rob!elliston
From: elliston@rob.UUCP ( Keith Elliston)
Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts
Subject: Re: Ethidium Bromide
Summary: yes... but....
Message-ID: <316@rob.UUCP>
Date: 19 Jan 89 18:13:23 GMT
References: <680:linder@urz.unibas.ch> <LFK.89Jan18184736@mbio.med.upenn.edu>
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In article <LFK.89Jan18184736@mbio.med.upenn.edu>, lfk@mbio.med.upenn.edu (Lee Kolakowski) writes:
> 
> We have always used Chlorox bleach, a 2:1 solution is supposed
> to destroy EtBr.
> 
>  
> --
> 
> Frank Kolakowski 


I have used this as well, but have heard that it supposedly results in some
other bad byproducts....

Does anyone have more info on the products of EtBr + Bleach??

Keith

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