What level of exposure to methylene blue is harmful to students/teachers with G6PD deficiency? I’ve used this substance as a biological stain for more than twenty five years, but it wasn’t until this September, when a colleague had a student with this disorder enrolled in their class, that I realized that exposure to it can cause hemolytic anemia in persons with G6PD deficiency.
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