[ RadSafe ] Activity question

[Glenn R. Marshall]

Probably because under the "old" U.S. DOT regulations (before
10/1/2004), anything over .002 uCi/g was considered radioactive material
for transportation purposes; material having a lower specific activity
was exempt from regulation as a hazardous material.  Of course use of
that limit today has no regulatory basis.  

Glenn Marshall, CHP

-----Original Message-----
From: LNMolino at aol.com [mailto:LNMolino at aol.com] 
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 5:08 PM
To: radsafe at radlab.nl
Subject: [ RadSafe ] Activity question

recently eBay the online auction site has "banned radioactive" items
from  
their site. In a recent letter to a person offering unprocessed ores on
the site 
 (a seemingly common practice) the following statement was made  by
eBay.
 
"Please also remember that anything that has a specific activity greater

than 70 Bq per gram (.002 microcurie per gram) is not permitted on eBay
under  
any conditions."
 
So to that end I pose this question. Why the above "limit" what makes 70
Bq  
the "magic number" or rather might there be a "scientific basis for such
a  
"limit"?
 
Thanks.
 
Louis N.  Molino, Sr., CET
FF/NREMT-B/FSI/EMSI
LNMolino at aol.com
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