Re: Biodegradable LSC Cocktail

[coogen_michael@hq2ccgw.hq.dla.mil]

Aquasol comes to mind.


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Subject: Biodegradable LSC Cocktail
Author:  radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu at hq2ccgw
Date:    7/31/95 4:21 PM


     We are looking for a "biodegradable" liquid scintillation
cocktail that can pass the Acute Aquatic 96-Hour Test as defined in 
_Standard Methods_ with an LC-50 of greater than 500 mg/L.  We have 
tested "Econosafe" from RPI and it failed.  This means that we 
cannot dispose of Econosafe down the drain even if it contains no 
man-made radioactive materials at all.  We do not look forward to 
testing a dozen or more LSC cocktails that claim to be 
environmentally safe at a cost of $500+ per test if somebody else 
has already done so.  Has anybody?

     Thanks for your help.

Bill Nabor
UCI EH&S Office
UCI
Irvine, CA 92692-2725
WGNABOR@UCI.EDU
(714) 824-5100 (Voice)
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