Not really and both are as dangerous and both should be avoided. As a matter of fact xylene began to be used in the mid 1950s to substitute chemicals like toluene, until it was found that both were equally dangerous. Toluene is present in many mounting media. René J.
--- On Thu, 10/9/08, James Dooley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: James Dooley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Histonet] Toluene vs. Xylene To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 10:16 AM Is there a significant difference between using xylene and toluene when deparaffinizing embedding tissue? Thank you, James _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
