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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Beryllium has been one of the issues watched closely by safety professionals who are trying to determine how OSHA and DOL will proceed on rules and enforcement under the Trump administration. OSHA ...

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 ...

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 ...

Thousands of people may have been exposed to a substance at Los Alamos National Lab that may lead to serious health risks.The substance is beryllium and it is a metal. When crushed into fine particles ...

(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 ...