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Fri Sep 5

• Gibbons Team Prevails In Class Action Suit Against Engineer: Accepting the arguments made by two Gibbons P.C. lawyers, a federal judge has dismissed a class action brought against a Pennsylvania engineering firm hired by the owners of a Reading, PA manufacturing plant to test air quality and beryllium levels at the plant. The lawsuit sought medical monitoring for thousands of local residents exposed to particles the plant emitted.

Thu Aug 28

• Beryllium Compounds | Technology Transfer Network Air Toxics Web site | US EPA: beryllium l assessment EPA

Sat Aug 23

• Health Officials Say Campus Bay Safe for Current Use, Not Homes. Category: News from The Berkeley Daily Planet - Thursday August 21, 2008: While state and county health officials said a chemically contaminated site in southeast Richmond poses no dangers to their current users, concerns remain about past users and those to come. They also acknowledge that their findings don?t include the possible interactions between the more than 100 toxic metals and chemicals found at the site. Annotated link http://www.dii go.com/bookmar k/http%3A%2F%2 Fwww.berkeleyd ailyplanet.com %2Fissue%2F200 8-08-21%2Farti cle%2F30882%3F headline%3DHea lth-Officials- Say-Campus-Bay -Safe-for-Curr ent-Use-Not-Ho mes

Thu Aug 21

• Rocky responds to the Department of Labor : Deadly Denial : The Rocky Mountain News

Thu Aug 14

• SKAPP :: Case Studies in Science Policy :: Beryllium - Science or Public Relations?: Beryllium is a remarkable metal. It is stiffer than steel, lighter than aluminum, and causes chronic beryllium disease at very low levels of exposure. It is also causes cancer in humans. There is no evidence of a safe exposure level. Beryllium has long been employed in nuclear and defense operations, and is now being used in bicycle frames and other consumer products. The current OSHA workplace exposure standard was developed in a 1948 discussion held in the back seat of a taxi by two Atomic Energy Commission scientists - for this reason it is known as the "taxicab standard" . This standard is widely acknowledged to be insufficiently protective, and workers exposed to levels below the standard have developed beryllium-rela ted disease.
• SKAPP: SKAPP Authors Expose Beryllium Industry Role in Stalling Stricter Worker Protection Rule: In the latest issue of the journal Public Health Reports, there is debate about the role that beryllium giant Brush Wellman played in stalling OSHA action on beryllium, and whether Brush waged a public relations campaign to minimize the hazards of the toxic metal. In an article in the January-Februa ry 2008 issue of Public Health Reports, David Michaels and Celeste Monforton of the Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy (SKAPP) explored how the beryllium industry fought efforts to lower workplace beryllium exposure limits, first by the Department of Energy (DOE) and then by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). In ?Beryllium?s Public Relations Problem: Protecting Workers When There is No Safe Exposure Level,? Michaels and Monforton criticized Brush Wellman for its efforts to prevent these agencies from lowering exposure limits for beryllium.

Mon Aug 11

• Beryllium: Science or Public Relations? " The Pump Handle

Mon Aug 4

• Beryllium.ca

Mon Jul 7

• Feds to investigate Livermore Lab's handling of toxic metal beryllium - ContraCostaTim es.com

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