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Re: disposal of "lead" protective aprons (as used in medical x-ray departments)
>I have been told that these things qualify as hazardous waste due to the
>lead and who-knows-what. Some manufacturers will take them in exchange
>when you buy new ones. Other than that, who knows when a little lead
>vinyl might come in handy?
>
>Doug Pfeiffer
>
>--- Douglas Simpkin <dsimpkin@EXECPC.COM> wrote:
>> Fellow Listers:
>>
>> This chump has been stumped (again). Here's a non-radiation question
>> peripherally involving medical 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?
>>
>> (And I'm not talking about the infamous radioactive aprons, either).
>>
>> 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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