CONSUMER PRODUCTS Kinesiology Tape / Wristbands Rusty Lundberg Utah Division of Radiation Control OAS Annual Meeting August 26, 2014 Utah Department of Environmental Quality
EVENT Initial embargo of Kinesiology Tape (K- tape) at the Port of Los Angeles containing Th-232 Identification of U.S. importer Endevr™ – located in St. George, Utah Formerly DBA LifeStrength, LLC Distributor, wholesale and retail sales (including online) Also sells silicone wrist bands using negative ion technology Eventual inclusion of wrist bands
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS FDA Inspection of Endevr™ Endevr™ follow-up actions / contacts made Utah DRC (UDRC) notification NRC Region 4 ( February 2014) UDRC Contacts made with: NRC, FDA, OAS, Endevr™, CA UDRC Site visit of Endevr™ Conference calls FDA, NRC, OAS, CRCPD
Endevr™ – St. George, Utah
SITE INSPECTION February 19, 2014 Date Findings photos
SITE INSPECTION Findings No manufacturing of products at site Exposure rate measurements taken Warehouse – Background ~ 10 µR/hr Warehouse – surface box containing about 2,000 wrist bands ~ 60 µR/hr (net) No removable contamination detected Collected sample K-tape and wrist bands Wrist bands analyzed by UDRC & ORAU Sent report to NRC
K-TAPE / WRIST BANDS
ANALYTICAL WORK K-tape FDA – WEAC FDA – Health Risk Assessment Wristbands OAS VA & CO (UT DRC) NRC – Oak Ridge
ANALYTICAL RESULTS Percent by Weight of Thorium-232 Endevr™ Wrist Band Samples Gamma Spectroscopy Analytical Service Provider LowHigh Utah0.020%0.090% Colorado0.037%0.176% Virginia0.090%0.170% NRC – ORAU0.080%0.200%
ANALYTICAL RESULTS Percent by Weight of Thorium-232 in Negative Ion Powder* by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometry Analytical Service Provider LowHigh CITEK**<0.001%<0.01% *Wrist bands Endevr™ purchases use negative ion powder at a concentration of 3% of the silicone matrix. ** Shenzhen Citek Technology Co., TLD (Zhejiang Province, China)
COMMUNICATIONS NRC to OAS/UDRC OAS/CRCPD/NRC Monthly calls FDA to UDRC FDA analytical results
UTAH ACTIONS New web page
UTAH ACTIONS Coordination with Endevr™ Final disposition of unsold wristbands likely subject to licensing and remaining as stored inventory Periodic evaluation of products now being sold/distributed with lower source concentration in ion powder
Contact Information: Rusty Lundberg Utah Division of Radiation Control QUESTIONS?