“Samples, reference materials, and equipment known or suspected to have viable oocysts or cysts attached or contained must be sterilized prior to disposal. For further information on waste management, consult The Waste Management Manual for Laboratory Personnel and Less is Better: Laboratory Chemical Management for Waste Reduction, both available from the American Chemical Society's Department of Government Relations and Science Policy, 1155 16th Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.”
-EPA
This is part of EPA code and rules. It basically means any oocysts or cysts, very disgusting disease carrying bacteria, that are found must be destroyed before being disposed. Oocyst and cysts can cause disease or harbor parasites so it is good to know that these things are not in our water. Which eliminates having Cryptosporidium or Vibrio cholera in our tap water; Occyst and cysts, found in feces, cause diseases and parasites to form. To find more information about waste management you can go to The Waste Management Manual. Also if any of their equipment has oocysts or cysts or is suspected of having it they must also make sure if defucts then dispose of it. Keeping it would be a threat to public safety.
Method 1623: Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Water by Filtration/IMS/FA. http://www.epa.gov/. December 2005. United States Protection Agency.
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