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Preventing Adverse Health Effects From Exposure to Beryllium on the Job: NONE

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

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

Beryllium Disease Prevention Program: Beryllium Disease Prevention Program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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

Beryllium Handling Procedures: EH&S Beryllium operations procedures for PISCES lab

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

Beryllium: A Chronic Problem: Beryllium: A Chronic Problem, beryllium, Environ Health Perspect 102-6-7, 1994: Beryllium: A Chronic Problem , Leslie Lang, Location: Main Section of EHP Online

Chronic Beryllium Disease Prevention Program: 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.

Eco-USA: Beryllium: Toxicological profile of beryllium, including information on environmental fate and transport, exposure pathways, metabolism, and health effects

Facts About Beryllium Disease: Get information about beryllium disease, a condition that can occur with exposure to beryllium dust or fumes, and the beryllium lymphocyte proliferation test (BeLPT).

HSE Air Sampling Standards for Beryllium and Compounds: Testing protocol.

Natural History of Beryllium Sensitization and Chronic Beryllium Disease: The Natural History of Beryllium Sensitization and Chronic Beryllium Disease, beryllium, chronic beryllium disease, granuloma, cell-mediated immunity, lymphocyte, natural history, lung disease, pulmonary, immunology, metal toxicity, The Natural History of Beryllium Sensitization and Chronic Bery...

Significance of the Blood Beryllium Lymphocyte Proliferation Test: Significance of the Blood Beryllium Lymphocyte Proliferation Test, beryllium, chronic beryllium disease, granuloma, cell-mediated immunity, lymphocyte, lung disease, pulmonary, immunology, metal toxicity, Significance of the Blood Beryllium Lymphocyte Proliferation Test

The Deadly Alliance: The online edition of The Blade, Toledo's only daily newspaper. The web site is the leading online source for news and information in northwest Ohio.

ToxFAQs - Beryllium: People working or living near beryllium industries have the greatest potential for exposure to beryllium. Lung damage has been observed in people exposed to high levels of beryllium in the air. About 1-15% of all people occupationally-exposed to beryllium in air become sensitive to beryllium and ...

Workers Deserve Equal Protection Against Exposure: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial urging exposure standards for all workers who could be exposed to beryllium in their jobs.