RE: Radioactivity in sewer sludge

["Lavera, Ron" <Ron.Lavera@nypa.gov>]

It should also be fun separating out the medical isotopes.  Some of the
isotopes seen in those kinds of facilities are also seen in medical
releases, especially the Iodines.

...  mine and mine alone  ...

Ron LaVera
Lavera.r@nypa.gov

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	High Plains Drifter [mailto:magna1@jps.net]
		Sent:	Wednesday, July 28, 1999 3:36 PM
		To:	Multiple recipients of list
		Subject:	Re: Radioactivity in sewer sludge

		All well and fine for a make work project.  How will you
		discern the NORM contribution in the millions of tons of
		phosphate bearing fertilizers being applied nation wide. 
		Further more, a seat of the pants guess is that more
		radioactivity is coming into the pathway up front (drinking
		water and irrigation) than would be entering from the
		sewer-agriculture route (execpt for the japenese beef
		production project in the Napa Vally).  Keeping discharges
		of long lived isotopes ALARA will ensure that the
		contribution from the sewer-agriculture route is essentially
		nil in a total health risk perspective.  Evidently a risk
		benefit analysis had not been perform prior to expending
		funds for this project.  Since most discharges of any
		magnitude is conducted by a licensed entity - the regulators
		can crank down on the releases, if really necessary, and
		eliminate any real possible pathway problem.

		High Plains Drifter 
		magna1@jps.net
	
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