WebElements.com - Beryllium
This page has links to all the properties of beryllium included within WebElements.
EnvironmentalChemistry.com - Beryllium
Comprehensive data on the chemical element Beryllium is provided on this page; including scores of properties, element names in many languages, most known nuclides of Beryllium.
Beryllium Handling Procedures - Standard procedures for beryllium operations from the PISCES laboratory area, UCSD.
Beryllium and Compounds - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fact sheet on hazards from beryllium exposure.
HSE Air Sampling Information for Beryllium and Compounds - Health and Safety Executive information. From SKC, providing air sampling technology.
ToxFAQs - Beryllium - Fact sheet published by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry answers the most frequently asked health questions about beryllium.
Significance of the Blood Beryllium Lymphocyte Proliferation Test - 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).
Chronic Beryllium Disease Prevention Program - U.S. Department of Energy information on disease preventive workshops.
ARC Anticipated Carcinogens:Beryllium and Certain Berryllium Compounds - Information and fact sheet from the National Institute of Health.
Manual for Safe Operation and Proper Design of Beryllium Facilities - U.S. Department of Energy Defense Programs: Beryllium Good Practice Guide.
Communicating Health Risks: Working Safely with Beryllium - A training package represents up-to-date, technically accurate information about beryllium, which targets beryllium workers and their managers and supervisors. Manual is in Adobe PDF Format.
American Metal Market - Beryllium Profile - Metal Statistics '99 beryllium profile at AMM.com. This is an international daily news service covering the metals and recycling industries.
Beryllium Facts - Information from the manufacturer Brush Wellman about beryllium, chronic beryllium disease, and what is being done about it.
Eco-USA: Beryllium - Toxicological profile of beryllium, including information on environmental fate and transport, exposure pathways, metabolism, and health effects.
Hanford Beryllium - Information about Beryllium as it pertains to the Hanford Site, in Washington State. Contains health issues, questions and answers and links.
Beryllium Disease Prevention Program - Resources, program information and FAQs from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Preventing Adverse Health Effects From Exposure to Beryllium on the Job - OSHA Safety and Health, OSHA Hazard Information Bulletins: Preventing Adverse Health Effects From Exposure to Beryllium on the Job.
Workers Deserve Equal Protection Against Exposure - Editorial about applying equal standards to all workers who could be exposed to beryllium in their jobs.
Environ Health Perspect 102-6-7, 1994: Beryllium: A Chronic Problem - Discusses uses of beryllium in industry, chronic beryllium disease, genetic testing for beryllium disease, and the incidence of the disease in the workforce.
Natural History of Beryllium Sensitization and Chronic Beryllium Disease - A medical article about the early detection of beryllium sensitization and chronic beryllium disease. Includes recent studies.
Industry-Defense Alliance Goes Against Beryllium Workers - Article in Toledo Blade about industry and defense alliance that effectively kept beryllium workers from being protected against chronic beryllium disease.
Government had knowledge of beryllium hazards - Part of a series of Toledo Blade articles about the government's knowledge of the hazards of beryllium
Worker Safety
OSHA - Preventing Adverse Health Effects From Exposure to Beryllium on the Job
OSHA Toxic Substances Standards
OSHA Regulation on Beryllium (10 CFR 850)
OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor - Links to Sites and Documents on Beryllium
Ohio Citizen Action - Ban Beryllium in Dentistry
University of Washington - Occupational Exposure at DOE sites
Centers for Diseases Control - International Chemical Safety Cards
Health Issues - Chronic Beryllium Disease and other Beryllium- Related Illness
Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
Environmental Health Perspective - Beryllium: A Chronic Problem
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Merck Manual - Disease Due to Inorganic Dusts
National Jewish Medical Research Center - Facts about Beryllium Disease
U.S. Department of Labor - Energy Employee Illness Compensation
Government Accountability Project - Nuclear Workers Compensation Program
Center for Epidemiological Research - Chronic Beryllium Disease Fact Sheets
National Toxicology Program - Beryllium as a Carcinogen
Source: - www.osha.gov
