environmental Strategist, between the lines: The obvious focus of this story is the exposure crematory’s have to radiation due to their business model. As the article points out in 2006 (most recent year for data) in the United States there were about 18 million nuclear medicine examinations performed and the number has grown exponentially since 2006 due to all the new radiologic and nuclear medicines introduced.
Bottom line for crematory’s, they face a cornucopia of environmental exposures and as part of “Best Practices” need to have an environmental financial assurance instrument in place.
My between the lines take involves the up the chain environmental exposures, from the production, shipment, storage and those implementing medical procedures. Hundreds of thousands of businesses are involved in not only nuclear and radiological pollutants but the environmental exposure created by business trying to keep us living and healthy are huge.
As your client’s professional risk manager, what environmental financial assurance instruments have you coached your client’s and implemented to protect them from environmental liabilities?