Brad: >From the practical point of view, what costs more, the analysis that may turn >out to show the requirement of discarding by a specialized contractor any way, >or just doing that from the beginning? Are you going to test ALL your used reagents? For me there is a clear action to take: do not discard into the sewer and treat everything as hazardous and use the services of a specialized waste management company. The "principle" that we can add "bad stuff" because there is already a "lot of bad stuff" out there is, from the environmental point of view, just outrageous and totally irresponsible! René J.
--- On Tue, 10/7/08, Brad Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Brad Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Histonet] Waste on Benchmark XT To: "Senn, Amy R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [email protected] Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 11:45 PM Amy, you should certainly contact the customer service folks at Ventana to see if they have heard of this before. I would suspect they have. If so, they may be able to give you some specific info about the waste that would help you. But to be certain, you can take the results from your analysis (yes Rene J, there are Analytical Laboratories all over the country that specialize in this type of test via organic extraction, toxicity bioassay, and other EPA regulated testing) and find out how they comply with your local code. You can find the local codes for your municipality on www.municode.com One thing you will want to be sure about, your municipality is (most likely) only concerned with the waste that comes out of the facility as a whole...or "end of pipe". That's helpful to you because your waste gets diluted many times over before it gets to the "end of pipe". And, yes, it is not legal to dilute waste like this for the sake of getting past the local waste enforcement, but if it gets diluted in the course of leaving the building, that's usually okay according to federal hazardous waste regulations (40 CFR 261) which can be found at http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov Try not to worry too much about the alligators in the sewer..there is a bunch of nasty stuff much worse than LCS coming from that building if it's a hospital...I assure you. Just think about all the goo coming from sterile processing...yuck! Anyway I hope that helps. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Senn, Amy R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 7:33 AM Subject: [Histonet] Waste on Benchmark XT ________________________________ From: Senn, Amy R Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 8:33 AM To: Senn, Amy R Subject: Hello Histoland, We have a Benchmark XT. The sales rep told us it was ok to dump the waste down the drain. THEN we were told that the waste is hazardous and actually causes mutant changes in lab animals. (wow, I could turn into Rogue or Storm! My luck, I'd be Beast or Toad . . . . .) Anyway, can I get some feedback from you guys about how you dispose of the waste from the Benchmark XT? We had someone here to test it, but we're still waiting for results. Thanks! Amy, Camp Hill PA _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
