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6017927 
Journal Article 
How to Improve the Quality of the Environment in the Undergraduate Dissection Laboratory 
Rosenberg, HI 
1992 
1 
The American Biology Teacher
ISSN: 0002-7685 
54 
3 
171 
Chemicals used to preserve specimens in a university dissection laboratory can be toxic to students. Most storage/wetting fluids used in these situations contain formalin and phenol, whose vapors are toxic. The use of a 1% phenoxyethanol solution is recommended for specimen preservation. Results of using this solution to preserve sharks and cats in the laboratory are described, and safety steps to improve the laboratory are proposed. 
Environment Abstracts; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION CONTROL; CHEMICAL USAGE; CHEMICALS; LABORATORY ANIMALS; VAPORS, TOXIC; HEALTH SAFETY, OCCUPATIONAL; EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ENA 07:General