| Show YB f 1 r b M r n t k f r l 4 EREK SPENCER shows pop pop up up puppet Company Finds Silver Source In Iu Hospitals A recycling company has found something valuable in old x-ray x film film silver According to Met Ag-Met Inc of Frack Frackville ille Pa approximately one and a half pounds of silver can be extracted from pounds of Used x-ray x film The burned x-rays x produce e a sludge that can be smelted and refined into silver of 99 per cent purity Due to our e expanding population lation and rising standard of living there has been an in increased increased increased in- in creased use lIse of medical services including x By law hospitals hospitals hospitals hos hos- and laboratories are arc re required required re- re d to keep x-rays x for seven years before discarding them I 1 and the increased volume of oft t I film used because of Medicare 1 and Medicaid pr programs grams is only now becoming available for re re- re cycling The company recycled an estimated 7 7 million ounces of silver in 1975 while an estimated estimated esti esti- I mated 30 million ounces of silver silver silver sil sil- sil- sil ver were extracted from all US U.S. mines last year |
