> Date:          Fri, 16 Oct 1998 16:18:09 -0500
> From:          Colin Henderson <COLINH@stj.stjosephs.london.on.ca>
> Subject:       Recycled Xylene Odor
> To:            HistoNet@Pathology.swmed.edu

> Our recycled xylene has a "methenamine" odor (also
> described as distilled tissue smell and fishy).
>
> My question is:  are there any deodorizers available
> which will take out this smell so that xylene smells
> like xylene?

Colin,
Do you really want to" mask" the smell of xylene?
The fact that you can smell it ( and would want to smell it ) is a
little worrying.
Would it not be better to remove the smell, or even remove the
xylene!

Terry.

Terry Hacker,
Medical Research Council,
Harwell,
Oxfordshire,
U.K.