disposal of "lead" protective aprons (as used in medical x-ray departments)

[Douglas Simpkin <dsimpkin@execpc.com>]

Radlisters:

This chump has been stumped (again). Here's a non-radiation question
peripherally involving medical health physicists. 

I was asked today if there are any regulations on the disposal of "lead"
protective aprons of the type routinely used in medical x-ray departments. 

These aprons may contain Pb, Sn, Ba, and who-knows-what other heavy metals
that you presumably don't want in an incinerator. What about a landfill?

Ignorant in Milwaukee,
Doug
Douglas J. Simpkin, Ph.D., DABR
St. Luke's Medical Center
2900 West Oklahoma Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53215
phone: (414)649-6457
fax: (414)649-5061
email: dsimpkin@execpc.com
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