Ship them as you would any biological test samples. No problems here. Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 4, 2013, at 5:52 AM, "Smith, Allen" <asm...@mail.barry.edu> wrote: > Picric acid bound to collagen is not an explosion hazard. Even if it were, > the surrounding paraffin wax would cushion the picric acid to the point of > making it shockproof. Most of the picric acid in a fixative ends up in the > hazmat bottle rather than in the tissue. Thus even putting 50 or so blocks > of tissue fixed in picric acid into a hot fire would create less blast than a > hearing aid battery. > Bulk picric acid, where there is no moderator between the crystals, is > another story. > - Allen A. Smith, Ph.D. > Barry University School of Podiatric Medicine > > -----Original Message----- > From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Tyrone Genade > Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 2:30 PM > To: histonet > Subject: [Histonet] picric acid paranoia > > Hello, > > I am moving to the USA from sunny South Africa. I would like to bring my wax > blocks with me but the fish inside them were fixed with Bouin's fluid. > I'm worried the picric acid could draw the wrong sort of attention. Courier > companies and US Customs (which never got back to me) haven't been able to > give me an answer if they are safe to travel. The blocks have sat under my > lab bench for 4 years without blowing up so I guess they are perfectly safe. > Anyone have an opinion on the issues or some advice on an expert (at US > customs?) to contact? I would probably ship them by surface post as it just > more cost effective. > > Thanks > > Tyrone Genade PhD > Department of Human Biology > University of Cape Town > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
