I believe asbestos will stain with a Perl's Prussian Blue reaction.





Kemlo Rogerson  
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RE: [Histonet] asbestos fibers






Burn the tissue? Asbestos doesn't, burn that is.

-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Underwood [mailto:funderwood@mcohio.org] 
Sent: 09 May 2005 19:51
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] asbestos fibers

Hi All,

Does someone have a technic for demonstrating asbesots fibers in lung. 
Possibly by isolating them through digestion of the tissue.  Thanks in
advance.

Fred Underwood HT(ASCP)
Montgomery County Coroner
Dayton, OH

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