Thanks to everyone for their help and input.  Our Hazmat specialist
has come and taken the substance away.  They like to have some
indication of what they are dealing with so that they can properly
stabilize the substance and ship it out to the disposal facilities.

I was hoping that Kashuba might be a specialized term, like Canada
balsam.  It doesn't seem that way.  It might be the name of someone,
but we keep a master list of collectors who have material in our
collection.  I checked it before asking the listserve and there was no
match.  It might have been someone who worked in our collection long,
long ago, who never collected specimens.  Anyhow, it's gone now!

All the best!
Andy

On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 12:00 AM, ECN-L automatic digest system
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> Date:    Thu, 13 Aug 2015 13:34:47 +0800
> From:    Socrates Letana <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: ECN-L Digest - 11 Aug 2015 to 12 Aug 2015 (#2015-71)
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> Try googling the word "kasubha"
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>> Date:    Wed, 12 Aug 2015 16:41:00 +0000
>> From:    "Gaimari, Stephen@CDFA" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Re: Kashuba
>>
>> Here's a possibility - the color matches. Kashuba is the Tagalog
>> (Philippine) word for saffron. Saffron is used as a histological stain.
>> Cheers,
>> Steve
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>> Dr. Stephen D. Gaimari
>> Program Supervisor (Entomology & Botany)
>>
>> Plant Pest Diagnostics Center
>> California Department of Food and Agriculture
>> 3294 Meadowview Road
>> Sacramento, CA 95832, USA
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>> Tel. 916-262-1131, Fax 916-262-1190
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Entomological Collections Network Listserve [mailto:
>> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andy Boring
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 9:23 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Kashuba
>>
>> While going through and recurrating boxes of vials, I found a vial of
>> mystery fluid.  I would appreciate any insight about what this might be.
>> The vial is clear glass with a plastic pop-off top.  It has about half an
>> ounce of liquid in the vial.  On the outside is handwritten "Kashuba".  The
>> liquid inside is yellowish, slightly amber and appears to be kind of thick;
>> not runny at all.  I'm guessing it might have been used for mounting slides.
>>
>> I am not finding anything on the internet about a chemical with the name
>> Kashuba.  I'm mostly concerned about this being a health and safety
>> hazard.  If this is something that you know to be unsafe, please contact me
>> directly; I read the ECN listserve in digest.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Andy
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