Disposal of Liquid Scintillation Cocktails or LSC`s
Facilities and Campus Services – EHS/RMS 3101 Science Circle CPISB Room 102B Anchorage, AK 99508 Disposal of Liquid Scintillation Cocktails or LSC’s The disposal of liquid scintillation cocktails (LSC’s) are coming under scrutiny of the EPA for several reasons. Many LSC’s are flammable, only marginally soluble or insoluble in water, and incorporate high percentages of non-ionic surfactants. Many LSC’s are now considered hazardous waste and fall under EPA regulations. All LSC’s that fall into the hazardous waste classification (non-sink disposal types) must be disposed of through the UAA RSO until it has been determined that any LSC hazardous waste is considered not radioactive and then will be handled through normal hazardous waste channels. Why change to less hazardous and safer LSC alternatives? 1. Many are EPA regulated and as such are hazardous waste. 2. EPA regulated LSC’s should not be disposed of via the sanitary sewer system. 3. Many LSC’s have high levels of non-ionic surfactants and are bad for the environment. 4. Disposal of EPA regulated LSC materials is becoming more expensive. Sink Disposable 100 % water soluble non-flammable (< 10 %) of non-ionic surfactants small volumes Guidelines for LSC Disposal NOT Sink Disposable < 100 % water soluble corrosive flammable (> 10 %) of non-ionic surfactants toxic for the environment On the next page is a listing of LSC’s and their properties that pertain to sink disposal and a link to SDS’s for each LSC. For further information contact EHSRMS at [email protected]. Liquid Scintillation Cocktail (LSC’s) NON-SINKABLE Listing LSC Name Manufacturer SafeScint SafeScint Ultra Gold American Bioanalytical American Bioanalytical Ready Cap Ready Safe Beckman Coulter Beckman Coulter Flow Safe 2 Flow Plus Berthold Technologies ScintiSafe Econo F ScintiSafe Econo 1 ScintiSafe Gel ScintiSafe 30 ScintiSafe Plus 50 % Scintiverse BD Scintiverse TM-LC Fisher S BCS BCS-NA GE Healthcare FlowLogic FlowLogic FlowLogic FlowLogic FlowLogic FlowLogic ScintLogic ScintLogic ScintLogic ScintLogic ScintLogic ScintLogic ScintLogic Lablogic Systems Betamax Es BetaPlate Scint CytoScint ES Ecolite (+) Ecolume Universol ES MP Biomedicals B MP Biomedicals B MP Biomedicals C MP Biomedicals E MP Biomedicals E MP Biomedicals U BetaFluor Bioscint Ecoscint National Diagnostics Properties Insoluble Water, Emulsifies Insoluble Water, Emulsifies Opti-Fluor OptiPhase HiSafe 2 OptiPhase HiSafe 3 OptiPhase SuperMix Ultima-Flo AF Ultima-Flo AP Ultima-Flo M Ultima Gold Ultima Gold LLT Ultima Gold MV Ultima Gold uLLT Ultima Gold XR Perkin Elmer Bio-Safe II Bio-Safe NA Econo-Safe Research Products Inter Corp Maury Riner, CHO [email protected] fax: (907) -786-1267 phone: (907) -786-1279 LAST UPDATE 4/10/2015 12:33:34 PM
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