Nothing happens with the milk. There is no need to take any special precautions, the milk will not irradiate anything around it. We are talking about low activity. If there were any problem, the mother should be isolated because she has the isotope inside her body. We are talking about ver short lived isotopes here, and very low activity. There is no need for concern. Best regards, Veronica Veronica Garea, PhD Engineering Physics, ME Nuclear Engineering Grurpo de apoyo a la Lactancia Materna de Bariloche IBFAN Bariloche - LLL Argentina >Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 06:59:02 -0700 >From: Phyllis Adamson <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: radioactive treatment - do you have to dump? > >But how do you safely store EBM with radioactive content? >What happens to that 'fridge and to the other milk bottles in it? >And how do you safely discard EBM with radioactive content? >Do you really pour it down the drain? >Or am I anticipating a problem that doesn't exist? >Thanks. >Phyllis *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html