Subject: Re: [Histonet] Re: Does xylene cause skin cancer?
There is an extensive literature linking xylene with some types of cancers,
especially "blood cancers", as well as with birth defects caused by it and many
other aromatic compounds.
The real solution is to just eliminate it, and th
ases where it is used now. That is what I did.
René J.
--- On Thu, 2/23/12, Jerry Ricks wrote:
From: Jerry Ricks
Subject: [Histonet] Re: Does xylene cause skin cancer?
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Date: Thursday, February 23, 2012, 5:31 PM
As far as I know Xylene is not a conformed
Really, the more important question is, if the lab is unwilling to provide
PPE in this case, where else are they lacking in looking after your safety?
I've never heard of using xylene without gloves (nitrile or latex). The
EH&S department here at Pitt (academic research) would explode with horror
ngton
Department of Pathology
> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:33:00 -0500
> From: rsrichm...@gmail.com
> To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Subject: [Histonet] Re: Does xylene cause skin cancer?
>
> What's badly needed is a registry of death certificates of
> histotechn
As I failed to mention in my earlier post - the problem with a
registry is that many (most, in my personal experience) American
histotechnologists are completely uncertified, and would not appear in
any registry. One would hazard a guess that these uncertified techs
get the most xylene exposure.
B
Xylene is toxic and you should always wear gloves and a face mask when dealing
with it. Dermal absorption is a lot slower than inhalation, but contact with
organic solvents such as xylene is bad in general. With the issue of latex
residue left on the slide, try using nitrile gloves. We use nitri
What's badly needed is a registry of death certificates of
histotechnologists. The thing I'd want to examine would be the
prevalence of myeloid leukemia and related diseases - known to be
elevated in workers exposed to benzene. If such a correlation were
found, it would mandate eliminating xylene f
years and I am ok. I take the usual precautions with
PPE and teach the same to my students.
Toysha Mayer
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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:48:11 -0500
From: Bob Richmond
Subject: [Histonet] Re: Does xylene cause skin cancer?
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwester
We use nitrile to coverslip at our lab. Several of us including myself
have latex allergy as well as the latex breaks down quickly. Most labs
require you to use gloves handling any chemical substance. I have one
tech who has years of experience that will suffer greatly at 1 drop of
xylene or xyl
I don't know of any evidence that xylene causes skin cancer. Concern
is with absorption through the skin. The most likely problem is with
the bone marrow - leukemia and related diseases - from aromatic
hydrocarbons (xylene, toluene, benzene) - which of course are present
in resinous mounting media
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