Cynthia,
                you can use methyl alcohol  or isopropyl alcohol for
dehydration providing that you take adequate precautions to avoid skin contact
fom the methyl alcohol and a little more time for dehydration by isopropyl
alcohol.
Barry

Cynthia Favara wrote:

> All,
>     WE have been using ETOH as our dehydrating agent in processing tissue,
> and through some miscommunication we are not going to get any more for some
> time. I would like to know what people doing primarily animal work are
> using? Tahnks ahaed for all the replies.
> Cynthia Favara
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