i am writing because me and my friend both
work in a medical lab for the summer. And
two weeks ago, we were dealing with
ethidium bromide, and long story short, my
idotic friend ingested ethidium bromide
along with food. I got really worried and
told him to get a check up but he keeps
saying that there are no harmful effects
on human because they didn't prove it so.
I wish I could force my friend to a
doctor, but he keeps telling me that it's
not that bad(not as bad as people talk
about it). Last I checked, ethidium
bromide is very mutagenic right? It can
cause oesophagal and stomach cancer no?
If it's taken in through ingestion, can it
not get into the lymphatic system and as
such cause some real bad problems? I just
want to know to be sure that he's not
doing anything stupid by not going to a
doctor.
