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Re: Use of lead aprons for declared pregnant workers
We also do not allow the use of lead aprons....
Denis Rinkacs, RSO
Carnegie Mellon University
On Wed, 13 Jan 1999 13:43:54 -0600 (CST) Andrew Karam
<akaram@safety.rochester.edu> wrote:
> We don't recommend it at all. The range of the P-32 beta is not sufficient
> to reach the developing fetus, you can generate bremsstrahlung x-rays in
> the apron, and you add physical stress to the mother by having to carry
> around the additional weight of the apron.
>
> Andy
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