Is there anyone out there outside a nanny-state bureaucracy who thinks that wearing a lead smock for an X-ray session is dangerous?
If you're not ingesting it or absorbing it (especially at high velocities) this is a silly concern, and a total waste of scarce resources - resources which are becoming scarcer and more precarious by the moment in the EU precisely because of this sort of thinking. Ken Javor Phone: (256) 650-5261 > From: Richard Nute <[email protected]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:07:20 -0700 > To: Pete Perkins <[email protected]> > Cc: PSNet <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: X-radiation shielding and RoHS > > Hi Pete: > > > Consider barium sulfate. See: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_protection > > (The other day, I wore a lead apron during my > dental x-ray session. Protected my genitals, > but not my brain.) > > > Best regards, > Rich > > > > On 6/3/2010 15:35, Pete Perkins wrote: >> Speak, O Oracle, and enlighten us with your wisdom, >> >> Lead based shielding has normally used to contain x-radiation. >> >> Under RoHS is there an exemption for the use of lead based shielding >> for industrial applications? If not, what substitutions are acceptable? >> >> Thanx in advance for your response. >> >> br, Pete >> >> Peter E Perkins, PE >> Principal Product Safety& Regulatory Consultant >> Tigard, ORe 97281-3427 >> >> 503/452-1201 fone/fax >> [email protected] >> > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc > discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to > <[email protected]> > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc > Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. > > Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ > Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html > List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Scott Douglas <[email protected]> > Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> > David Heald: <[email protected]> - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
