Man fined over radioactive cat waste

The Boston Globe ^ | 10/25/2002 | Associated Press

[Reaganesque]

WHITMAN - A man who ignored a veterinarian's order to flush his cat's radioactive waste down the toilet was hit with a $2,800 bill. And Bill Jenness said he's happy to pay it.

''I don't feel I was mistreated,'' Jenness told The Patriot Ledger of Quincy. ''It's my cat, my responsibility, and I did not abide by the directions I was given.''

[Reaganesque]

I have often thought, when cleaning out my own cat's litter box, that this stuff got to be radioactive. On the bright(snicker) side, he won't be tripping over her in the dark real soon.

[PoorMuttly]

Should have learned from "Alice's Restaurant."

[Texaggie79]

I think one of my co-workers should qualify for this fine. The bathroom is unenterable for like an hour.

[BraveMan]

Prolly coulda sold it on E-Bay for some serious coin . . .

[another cricket]

I have often thought, when cleaning out my own cat's litter box, that this stuff got to be radioactive

If you want to freak people out just put a blacklight next to the litter box. There is nothing like glow in the dark kitty litter to make people run and scream.

a.cricket

[facedown]

And you thought our cats were expensive!

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

Oh yeah it would have been much better to flush it and let it enter the water supply. Sheesh.

[eddie willers]

The radiation treatment by Radiocat in Waltham and cost of disposing of the waste totaled about $5,000.

For $5000 it better shit gold!

[adaven]

''I don't feel I was mistreated,'' Jenness told The Patriot Ledger of Quincy. ''It's my cat, my responsibility, and I did not abide by the directions I was given.''

Well now that's something you don't hear everyday! Imagine that... someone taking personal responsibility! Most likely a Republican...

eddie willers: LOL!

[Texaggie79]

Your FRnick mean what I think it means? :P

[ErnBatavia]

I think one of my co-workers should qualify for this fine. The bathroom is unenterable for like an hour.

Reminds me of one of the (few) great Richard Pryor lines..."What crawled up yo ass and died in there??"

[ErnBatavia]

I think one of my co-workers should qualify for this fine. The bathroom is unenterable for like an hour.

Reminds me of one of the (few) great Richard Pryor lines..."What crawled up yo ass and died in there??"

[TC Rider]

He should have sold it to Saddam.

[Texas_Jarhead]

at least he owned up and acknowledges he screwed and has no problem paying the consequences

[Reaganesque]

Which of these cats is radioactive?

or

or

[punster]

This is an example of a fairly common problem, disposal of waste in the garbage (or trash) before the radioactivity has had sufficient time to decay below the level of concern.

The most common variation involves nursing homes, where aging patients are commonly given nuclear medicine scans (bone scans, liver scans, lung scans, cardiac studies, etc.) Since these patients are frequently incontinent, they where disposable garments such as Depends.

Most of the studies are done, using Technetium-99m as the tracer isotope. Technetium-99m has a 6 hour half-life. So, the general rule is to hold the waste for 30 half-lives (2 to the minus 30 is about one billionth), before releasing it to the general trash. However, some of the nursing homes are careless about how long they hold the waste.

The net result is the garbage truck setting off the radiation alarm, when it enters the waste transfer facility.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

[Reaganesque]

LOL!!!

[Brytani]

But Thomas Burnett, a Whitman public works commissioner, said any radiation in trash is too much.

I guess now we can't throw away potatos, bananas, cigarette butts or smoke detectors.

[martin_fierro]

HAW! My money's on #3 <|:)~