RE:- Re: saftey of being in the proximity of someone on RAI therapy

[Diane Griffiths <DGriffiths@EHSO.EMORY.EDU>]

> supposed to do with the "hot" urine and feces collected in 

> its litter box.

> Her veterinarian only said to make sure she collected it, but 

> had no advice on what to do with it once collected. I can't 

>remember the isotope's half life so she could decay it out before 



If a cat is given I-131 for ablation, generally the owners are told to

obtain flushable litter and flush everything doen the toilet. They are also

instructed to hold the disposable litter box for about a month before

throwing it out in the normal trash.



There was a case in Mass. a few years back where an owner did get fined for

putting the radioactive kitty litter in his trash. It set off waste alarms

and they found radioactive kitty poop and other items in the trash that

allowed them to find out whose trash it was. He ended up getting fined

$3,856.00.



Diane Griffiths

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