1 Apr
2006
1 Apr
'06
7:34 a.m.
On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 09:13 +0000, Stan Barr wrote:
Don Y said:
Why? Radiation is like light - shine a flashlight at
something
(non-phosphoric, pedants! ;) and it doesn't continue glowing. Things
that have been exposed to radiation don't radiate.
-toresbe :)
You want to be wary of medical surplus since you
have no idea
*what* it was used for... X-(
The piece of equipment I was scanned by had spent
it's working life
surrounded by radioactive material. Admittedly in lead containers.
but even so, I suspect the hospital would be wary of disposing of it
to a memeber of the public.