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Date: Mon, 05 Dec 1994 22:50:10 -0600 (CST)
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Subject: Re: Storage containers for Specimens Preserved in EtOH or FAA (fwd
 
1.  The crazing probably had nothing to do with the ETOH--polyethylene
is susceptible to UV embrittlement.  It was probably that.  ALL plastic
is resistant for some time to ETOH, but none is as resistant as glass.
The only really SAFE plastic we know about now for ETOH is high-density
polyethylene.  Arnold points out in his paper that PET is also a
possibility, though oxygen permeance may be a problem.  Someone needs
to check it out.
 
2.  Glass jars with polypropylene lids can be purchased from Kols
Containers in Baltimore MD.  I am home right now and don't have the
address and phone handy.  They also carry the liners.  As far as I
know, only one US company is making the inserts Arnold described (and
yes, they are much better than the liners), and that is a local
company here.  They made the die as part of an IMS grant our
mammal and bird people had.  Again, I don't have the name and phone,
etc, here.