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Subject: Re: Picric acid
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:36:58 -0500
Author: "Long, Don"
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Subject: 4 Re: [DCHAS-L] Picric acid
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:26:25 -0400
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Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:40:00 -0400
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Subject: Re: Picric acid
From: "Halim A. Hasan"
Date: March 31, 2009 8:51:15 AM EDT (CA)
Subject: RE: [DCHAS-L] Picric acid
Expensive too! We had the high haz team (basically the bomb squad -
Kevlar and riot helmets with remote detonating devices) come in for
some old peroxides and shock sensitives=85$3500. They remotely opened 10
bottles, neutralized them, and gave them back to us to dispose of. The
issue here is that you need to check with your waste disposal company
on what they require as far as age of certain chemicals. Our disposal
company will not take peroxide forming chemicals over 1 year old, but
certain chemists with the company that transport are also on the high
haz team and have said, =93it=92s okay. They do this because=85=94 and
we know
it=92s because of money.
Take care with how much you =93hydrate=94 the container. Remember that
dilution is a form of treatment, and once you make the determination
that the picric acid is waste, RCRA steps in.
Halim A. Hasan, CHMM
Environmental Health & Safety Officer
Radiation Safety Officer
Lundbeck Research USA
201.350.0119 Office
201.315.4842 Mobile
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