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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>From:</b> Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Esther Dondorp<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Question about jar grease in fluid collections<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Just a short question - we always use vaseline to seal gound jar stoppers, now that we cannot use our old supplier anymore the support department ordered the commercial vaseline petroleum jelly like<a href="https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.drogisterij.net%2Fverzorging%2Flichaamsverzorging%2Flichaamsverzorging-verzorging%2Fcreme%2Fvaseline-petroleum-jelly-original-42182634%3Fpartnercode%3D222%26gclid%3DEAIaIQobChMIiOnM3_fx5wIVWeN3Ch1X_wOHEAQYASABEgJTI_D_BwE&data=02%7C01%7Cprc44%40drexel.edu%7C5a74d3febbfc47b6148408d7bb91d971%7C3664e6fa47bd45a696708c4f080f8ca6%7C0%7C0%7C637184107404189922&sdata=9A%2Ffxq3zyXCKmyqCjHXaMsIhcEvAqVG3EcsMn2Wd%2FRs%3D&reserved=0">
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