[NHCOLL-L:3040] Re: shipping in propylene glycol

[Steve Halford]

Doug,

Wasn't propylene glycol recommended for pitfall traps a few years ago on
Entomo-l?  IIRC consensus was to buy it as "ecologically friendly"
antifreeze from the camping stores.

Cheers,
Steve.

On 4/7/06, Doug Yanega <dyanega at ucr.edu> wrote:
>
> Thanks to those who responded so quickly to my inquiry - it does seem
> pretty definitive that PG should be fine for shipping specimens, even
> if not 100% effective for long-term DNA preservation, and the extra
> labor (draining off EtOH and replacing with PG at the shipper's end,
> and rinsing off the PG and replacing with EtOH at the receiver's end)
> may certainly outweigh the MAJOR difficulties in using EtOH for
> shipping.
>
> Now comes the important follow-up: what are the best and cheapest
> sources of bulk PG?
>
> Thanks,
> --
>
> Doug Yanega        /Dept. of Entomology         /Entomology Research
> Museum
> Univ. of California - Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521-0314
> phone: (951) 827-4315 (standard disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's)
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>          is the true method" - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chap. 82
>
>


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Steve Halford (halford at sfu.ca)
Museum Technician
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, B.C. Canada
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