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  1. deutrino (deutrino@mstdn.io)'s status on Thursday, 28-Feb-2019 21:17:14 EST deutrino deutrino

    "Investigators found [Lu-177] contamination on the crematorium’s equipment, including the oven, bone crusher, and vacuum filter, with a 7.5-mR maximum exposure rate per hour…

    [Upon testing] the crematory operator’s urine, they didn’t find any lutetium-177. But they did find trace amounts of technetium Tc 99m, which is a radioactive tracer … used in diagnostic tests. The operator hadn’t had any such tests, though."

    https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/02/heres-why-you-shouldnt-cremate-radioactive-dead-people/

    In conversation Thursday, 28-Feb-2019 21:17:14 EST from mstdn.io permalink

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      Here’s why you shouldn’t cremate radioactive dead people
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      During investigation, researchers found different isotope in crematory operator.
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