Beryllium

Fact sheet published by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry answers the most frequently asked health questions about beryllium.

Abstract: An in vitro measure of the beryllium antigen-specific cell-mediated immune response. This response to beryllium is now understood to play a central role in the immunopathogenesis of chronic beryllium disease (CBD).

Large collection of information about beryllium, its hazards, occupational health standards, techniques for limiting exposure, and programs for testing nuclear weapons workers who may have been exposed to this metal. From U.S. Department of Energy.

Information from the manufacturer Brush Wellman about beryllium, chronic beryllium disease, and what is being done about it.

Fact sheet by National Jewish Medical and Research Center.

Information about beryllium as it pertains to the DOE Hanford Site, in Washington State. Contains health issues, questions and answers and links.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial urging exposure standards for all workers who could be exposed to beryllium in their jobs.

Article by Leslie Lang, published in Environmental Health Perspectives in 1994. Discusses uses of this metal in industry, chronic beryllium disease, the possibility of genetic testing for CBD, and the incidence of the disease in the workforce.

A medical article about the early detection of beryllium sensitization and chronic beryllium disease. Includes recent studies

Toxicological profile of beryllium, including information on environmental fate and transport, exposure pathways, metabolism, and health effects.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fact sheet on this metal and its hazards, with links to related toxicological information.

Collection of an award-winning series of articles in the Toledo Blade about the history of occupational exposure to beryllium, focusing on government and industry roles in covering up its hazards.

Large collection of information maintained by Denver-area support group for people with chronic beryllium disease.

Testing protocol.

Standard procedures for beryllium operations from Cornell University.

US OSHA Hazard Information Bulletin on this substance.

Hazardous Waste Sites. Publications & Products. Special Initiatives. Toxic Substances ... CERCLA Priority List of Hazardous Substances ...[2009/01/05]

Beryllium is an element that occurs naturally. It is present in a variety of materials, ... Priority List of Hazardous Substances. Public Health Statements ...[2008/12/25]

Hazardous Substance Fact Sheet. Common Name: BERYLLIUM SULFATE. CAS Number: 13510-49-1 ... Beryllium Sulfate is on the Right to Know Hazardous ...[2008/12/19]

Internet sites with useful health and safety information on beryllium ... Home : Hazardous Substances : Beryllium. OSHA Safety and Health Topics: Beryllium ...[2007/02/20]

Beryllium Oxide is on the Hazardous Substance List because it is regulated by ... Exposure to hazardous substances should be routinely evaluated. ...[2001/07/22]

... melting, in which hazardous substances may be released and ... Beryllium is one such hazardous substance - a widely-used industrial metal with unique physical ...[2003/02/21]

... FOR CITATION * Beryllium is on the RTK Hazardous Substance List because it ... It may be necessary to contain and dispose of Beryllium as a HAZARDOUS WASTE. ...[2006/08/08]

... data for NA Beryllium and compounds [factsheet] ... for Beryllium, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and ... Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB, ...[2008/12/19]

Beryllium Nitrate is on the Hazardous Substance List ... Exposure to hazardous substances should be routinely. evaluated. ... how hazardous the substance is, ...[2006/12/11]

... of Public Health Statements about hazardous substances and their health effects. ... Soluble beryllium compounds can combine with other substances in the ...[2009/01/02]