More information on beryllium exposure:Web Resources: DOE: Beryllium Exposure Studies and Testing The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education beryllium web site. ORISE is an official DOE ...

In its final rule to protect workers from beryllium exposure, OSHA has reduced the PEL for beryllium to 0.2 micrograms per cubic meter of air, averaged over eight hours, and established a new ...

RICHLAND -- The Department of Energy is bringing experts in beryllium exposure to the Tri-Cities to help former Hanford workers learn more about whether their health could be affected by the metal.

After years of belittling the hazards beryllium posed to its inspectors, medical tests have revealed that at least three OSHA employees have developed blood abnormalities associated with beryllium ...

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, long criticized for downplaying the dangers of beryllium, has discovered that several of its employees have been affected by exposure to the ...

A federal agency on Friday proposed a tenfold reduction in a standard to protect beryllium workers, such as those who worked in a Hazleton-area plant a generation ago, from a debilitating and ...

At least 178 contract workers at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory may have been exposed to the toxic metal beryllium without their knowledge while doing a seismic retrofit on a machine shop. The ...

(CN) - The 5th Circuit affirmed dismissal of a lawsuit over Stennis Space Center employees' alleged exposure to beryllium, ruling that "(e)xposure to a potentially harmful substance does not in itself ...

TALLEVAST — For 21 years, Charlie Ziegler worked as a janitor and maintenance worker at the American Beryllium Co. plant in Tallevast. The company built parts for nuclear warheads for the federal ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The inhalation of beryllium causes a serious lung disease characterised by pronounced radiographic and functional impairments and occurs in ...