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

[Russ Johnson <rujohnso@nmsu.edu>]

Well, if anyone asks me about this again, at least I can give them some advice.

So, litter, poop, I-131 and all down the toilet. Another person responded to

this and said animal rad waste is regulated but human is not. Strange stuff

these regulations! Would not be a problem if you have a septic tank, but I

would not recommend doing this at a regulated facility like our university. Our

waste streams are highly monitored, and those engineers tend to get excited

when instruments go off. How about a city sewer? Those are monitored as well.

But I guess once its diluted with millions of gallons of water, it would be

hard to see. And it does decay fairly quick. So, OK. Thanks.

-Russ



Diane Griffiths wrote:



> > 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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