Sustainable Hospitals - Products and Resources for Category/Subcategory

Products and Resources for Category/Subcategory:
Laboratory Chemicals and Equipment
Xylene-Free Products

Category/Subcategory
Laboratory Chemicals and Equipment Xylene-Free Products
Product & Manufacturer	Comments
AmeriClear Stephens Scientific (Division of Richard-Allan) 616-344-2400	Active ingredient is d-limonene Limonene may be a sensitizing agent May require process modification
Product & Manufacturer	Comments
Clear-Rite 3 Richard-Allan Scientific 800-522-7270	Active ingredient is aliphatic hydrocarbon May require process modification
Product & Manufacturer	Comments
Histo-Sol, Histo-Clear, and Histo-Clear II National Diagnostics 404-699-2121 http://www.nationaldiagnostics.com	Food oil distillates
Product & Manufacturer	Comments
Pro-Par Clearant Anatech Ltd. 800-ANATECH http://www.anatechltdusa.com	Ingredients are propylene glycol ether, paraffinic solvent (an aliphatic hydrocarbon) Some modification to process is likely
Product & Manufacturer	Comments
Shandon Xylene Substitute (Formerly called Histo Solve) Thermo Electron (Acquired Shandon, Inc) 800-245-6212 http://www.thermo.com/	A safer, more convenient alternative to xylene for processing, staining and coverslipping. Airborne exposure limit three times safer than xylene (TLV 300 ppm). Virtually odorless aliphatic hydrocarbon – no citrus aroma. Not sensitizing to normal skin. Evaporation rate similar to xylene – slides dry quickly. Greaseless. Can be recycled with solvent recyclers.

Note: Information has been provided by the named vendors. The Sustainable Hospitals Project does not endorse any products or take responsibility for the accuracy of the information or for product performance. Contact vendors directly to purchase a product or to obtain more information. This table is a work-in-progress, and feedback may be sent by email to shp@uml.edu or by phone to 978-934-3386.

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