Some of the goals of this site is to provide a means:

• To provide a forum where anyone around the country or the world can obtain information or provide information they have experienced as a result of this disease.
• To provide current and historical information on studies and papers relating to this disease.
• To provide current and historical information relating to the health risks of using beryllium.
• To provide current and historical information relating to regulations governing the use and control of beryllium.
• To provide current and historical information of the nature of this disease and its effects on the human body.
• To provide contacts for medical diagnostic procedures and treatment.
• To provide contacts for legal assistance in processing Workman's Compensation Claims.
• To provide sources for congressional contacts for the purpose of proposed legislation concerning workplace controls, medical testing and treatment, insurance benefits, and Workman's Compensation issues.

Disclaimers - Please Read

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Beryllium Support Groups Across the Country
Lists known Beryllium Support Groups and contacts for becoming a part of them.

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Announcements

Employment Standards Administration
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program

April 4, 2001
HR-1534
To designate the federal agencies responsible for implementing the
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act

Friday May 25, 2001
20 CFR Parts 1 and 30
Performance of Functions Under This Chapter
Claims for Compensation Under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act
Interim Final Rule - Coment period ends August 23, 2001

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Conference Report On H.R. 5408, Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act For Fiscal Year 2001
(Senate - October 12, 2000)
(Congressional Record - Pages S10334 through S10394)

October 6, 2000
H.R. 5408 - Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act For Fiscal Year 2001
Title XXXVI - Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program
"The DOE, DOE Contractors and Beryllium Vendors legal compensation Act of 2001" 
(Pages 1, 30, and 1231 through 1281)

Conference Report On H.R. 5408, Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act For Fiscal Year 2001
(House of Representatives - October 06, 2000)
(Pages 1,2,3,29 and 979 through 985)

September 21, 2000
Committee on the Judiciary Hearing
Testimony Presented to Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims
Legislative hearing on
H.R. 675, H.R. 3418, H.R. 3478, H.R. 3495, H.R. 4263, and H.R. 4398
concerning compensation for beryllium-related illnesses
Additional Testimony that was placed into the congressional record by the committee.
Dr. Lee Newman, MD
Michael H. Jackson

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July 17, 2000
H.R. 4205 - Defense Authorization bill ; Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001

July 13, 2000 - Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 2549 amended. Passed Senate in lieu of S. 2549 with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 97 - 3. Record Vote Number: 179' Senate ordered measure printed as passed. (text of measure as passed Senate: CR 07/14/2000 S6871-6982). July 17, 2000 - Message on Senate action sent to the House.

June 8, 2000
S. 2549 - Defense Authorization bill ; Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001
Amendment No. 3250 - Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation
which should be called
"The DOE, DOE Contractors and Beryllium Vendors legal compensation act of 2001"
There needs to be a Federal Advisory Committee on this matter before any final legislation is passed.

This is the most appalling piece of legislation to date. I encourage everyone to read this closely. As I understand it Senator Thompson took what started out to be good legislation and transformed it into this piece of crap without discussion or a vote. Clearly those responsible for this one are way out of touch with what is going on. This bill must be changed or defeated and adequate time and thought given to what is in each and every part of the bill and the effects on the people it was intended to help. This bill not only rewards those responsible for the conditions requiring this type of legislation but also causes more irreversible harm and complications. This is a bad one and anyone who allows it to pass should be very, very ashamed. Evidently it is possible for some of our elected officials to look their families in their eyes and say look how I just screwed these people again and still go to bed and sleep like a baby. Clearly those who are responsible for this one have no place in public service. One final note, anyone, and I mean anyone that thinks that this is good legislation or a step forward either have not read this amendment or any of the previous bills or don't understand the implications of what this says.
See what your Senator has to say about this proposed legislation.

July 5, 2000
Thompson blasted on sick worker bill
by Ed Slavin

April 12, 2000
The Emperor's New Clothes:
Thompson Amendment is a farce on the American people 
by Ed Slavin

A Call For Unity Among the Nations's  DOE Victims!

Secretary Richardson Announces Proposal to Compensate Thousands of Sick Workers

April 17, 2000
Written comments to:
President Clinton
Vice President Gore
Secretary of Energy Richardson
Assistant Secretary of Environmental Safety and Health Michaels
Not a complete list but minimal benefits that any good legislation must include.
Corrected item 3b - 5/12/00 "would normally receive and be non-taxable"

Hanford’s Beryllium Awareness Group
letter to Dr. Michaels

September 17, 1999
OSHA Trade News Release
OSHA Alerts Workers to Beryllium Exposure

OSHA Hazard Information Bulletins
  Preventing Adverse Health Effects From Exposure to Beryllium on the Job.

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NABER

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National Advocates for Beryllium Education and Reform

Beryllium fumes and dust are among the most toxic substances known. The World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer, and Agencies of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service, such as the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, have classified beryllium as a cause of cancer in humans. The Environmental Protection Agency (by Act of Congress); lists beryllium as a toxic air pollutant that needs to be controlled in our communities. Communities become contaminated with beryllium from nearby factories and mines or by uncontrolled burning of fossil fuels.

The toxic effects of beryllium are particularly evident among workers, who when exposed to beryllium fumes and dust, can also develop Chronic Beryllium Disease, or CBD. Recent studies indicate that CBD can develop after short exposures to beryllium and at low levels of exposure. CBD is a systemic disease affecting many parts of the body, but is best known for impairing the lungs. Many people with CBD become pulmonary invalids, dependent on oxygen 24 hours a day. There is no cure for CBD and drug treatments for the control of its symptoms have serious side effects. CBD can be fatal.

Beryllium is found in a variety of workplaces. Occupations which are at risk for beryllium disease include beryllium metal and alloy workers, scrap metal reclaiming, electronic industries (transistors, heat sinks, X-ray window), ceramic manufacturing, space and atomic engineering (rocket fuels, heat shields, weapons), laboratory workers, dental technicians, and ore extraction. Any process or work place where beryllium can become air borne, in the form of small particles or fume, presents a serious health hazard for workers.

National Advocates for Beryllium Education and Reform (NABER) is a self-help and advocacy group established to support beryllium workers and their families, and to foster beryllium education and research. NABER is an extension of the Colorado, Ohio and Tennessee Beryllium Disease Support Groups. NABER does not take the place of these pre-existing Support Groups. Rather, NABER provides an organizational structure for solidifying and extending mutually supportive ties across geographical boundaries.

NABER provides individuals with information about beryllium disease, physicians, medications, attorneys, worker's compensation, the history of the beryllium industry, etc. NABER also brings beryllium workers, their families, and others, together for support and problems solving. Having a national organization is an exciting turn of events. Our short term goals include building on prior accomplishments, like maintaining this WEB site, and expanding the hard copy newsletter currently being written and produced by the Ohio Chapter of NABER. The intention is to offer the newsletter to all beryllium workers, their families, and to others with an interest in beryllium disease or occupational and environmental health.

NABER's long term goals are directed at education, research, and serving as a resource to the wider community. Providing social support to beryllium workers and their families will, of course, continue. Current and former beryllium workers and their families, health professionals, and others with an interest in occupational and environmental health, are encouraged to contact NABER by responding to the webmaster@beryllium.org ,  theresan@umich.edu or call (517) 547-6746.

NABER Newsletters
Beryllium Exposure - Fall 1997

(Pronounced ber-il' le-um) - Beryllium was discovered in 1797 by Vauquelin in Paris. Pure beryllium is a hard grayish metal. In nature, beryllium can be found in compounds in mineral rocks, coal, soil, and volcanic dust. Two kinds of mineral rocks, bertrandite and beryl, are mined commercially for the recovery of beryllium. Very pure gem quality beryl is better known as either aquamarine (blue or blue-green) or emerald (green). Beryllium is present in a variety of compounds.

Beryllium and beryllium alloys are used in electronics components, fiber optics components, nuclear weapons, nuclear reactors, aircraft-satellite-space vehicle structures, X-ray transmission windows, mirrors, ceramics, bicycle frames, golf club heads, and as an additive in solid propellant rocket fuels.

U.S. companies have produced beryllium and some beryllium compounds commercially since the 1940s and beryllium oxide since 1958.

• Web Sources for Beryllium and other Elements
• What is Beryllium? - US Department of Energy Beryllium Worker Protection Web Site.
• Communicating Beryllium Health Risks Training Materials
• Participant Manual  1968 k
• Facilitator Manual  11810 k
• Web Elements from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. Properties of Beryllium including General, Chemical, Physical, Nuclear, Electronic, Biological, Geological, Crystallographic Reduction potentials, Isotope abundances, Electronic configurations, and Ionization enthalpies.
• Brookhaven National Laboratory - National Nuclear Data Center. Properties of the various isotopes of beryllium. Nuclear wallet cards for beryllium.
• Beryllium (Be) Chemical Backgrounder from the Environmental Health Center - A Division of the National Safety Council
• Properties of Beryllium from the Chemicool Periodic Table
• Minerals Containing Beryllium from the Amethyst Galleries
• Chrysoberyl
• Beryl
• Beryllonite
• Herderite
• Defense Programs Beryllium Good Practice Guide
• Beryllium Statistics and Information from the US Geological Survey (USGS)
• Beryllium
• Beryllium from EcoIndiana
• Beryllium Profile from AMM Online 

Who provides Material Safety Data Sheets? OSHA does not prepare or dictate the specific statements to be included on material safety data sheets (MSDS). Chemical manufacturers and importers of hazardous chemical products prepare MSDS. They make the determinations as to what chemicals are covered within the context of the standard's requirements and design the MSDSs appropriately.

• EPA Fact Sheets for Beryllium
• Beryllium and Compounds
• Beryllium Chloride
• Beryllium Fluoride
• Beryllium Nitrate
• Beryllium Oxide
• Beryllium - 7
• HTML Version of the EPA fact sheet.  Material Data Sheet on Beryllium - August 1, 1987
• Beryllium compounds (as Be)
• International Chemical Safety Cards - Beryllium ; ICSC: 0226 ; Beryllium - Glucinium (powder) Be Atomic mass: 9.0
• Material Safety Data Sheets from Brush Wellman Inc. - Contains all of BWIs product MSDS for metals, chemicals, and ceramics.
• The Vermont SIRI MSDS collection

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• 1995/1996/1997 Title 40 - Environmental Protection CFR Pilot
• Chapter I-Environmental Protection Agency
• Subchapter C (1995/1996/1997) - Air Programs
• Part 61 (Updated 1997) - National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
• Subpart C - National Emissions Standard for Beryllium 
• SF-83 Supporting Statement, Environmental Protection Agency Standards of Performance, NESHAP Subpart C Beryllium
• Subpart D - National Emission Standard for Beryllium Rocket Motor Firing 
• Subchapter D (1995/1996/1997) - Water Programs
• Subchapter I (1995/1996/1997) - Solid Wastes
• Part 258 (Updated 1997) - Criteria For Municipal Solid Waste Landfills 
• Part 258 - Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Criteria
• Fact Sheets
• Beryllium and Compounds 107-02-8
• National Primary Drinking Water Regulations Technical Factsheet on: Beryllium
• National Primary Drinking Water Regulations Consumer Factsheet on: Beryllium
• Drinking Water Regulations and Health Advisories
• Documents
• Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation Sector Notebook Project Sector Notebook Project September 1997 
• Protecting Your Drinking Water Sources - Approved Methods for Inorganic Chemicals and Other Parameters
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
• OSHA Regulations (Standards - 29 CFR)
• Table of Contents - Part 1910 Subpart I - Personal Protective Equipment
• 1910.134 - Respiratory Protection.
• 1910.134 App C - Respiratory Protection.
• 1910.252 - General requirements.
• 1910.1000 TABLE Z-1 - TABLE Z-1 Limits for Air Contaminants.
• 1910.1000 TABLE Z-2 - TABLE Z-2
• 1910.1200 Hazard Communication
• 1915.51 - Ventilation and protection in welding, cutting and heating.
• 1915.1000 - Air contaminants
• 1917.152 - Welding, cutting and heating (hot work)
• 1926.55 App A - Gases, vapors, fumes, dusts, and mists.
• 1926.353 - Ventilation and protection in welding, cutting, and heating.
• OSHA Federal Register - CFR Title: 29 Semiannual Agenda of Regulations - 63:22217-22275 - 04/27/1998
• Department of Labor (DOL) OSHA Prerule Stage
• 2026. • OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO BERYLLIUM

• Beryllium Disease from the National Jewish Medical and Research Center
• National Jewish Medical and Research Center ; Med Facts - Beryllium Disease
• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).
• December 1988 Public Health Statement on Beryllium
• April 1993 Beryllium ToxFAQs
• Defense Programs Beryllium Good Practice Guide
• Occupational Respiratory Diseases ; September, 1986 ; HHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 86-102
• Beryllium Disease ; Pages 385-399 ; 86-102-m.pdf (15 pages, 780K) 
• The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
• Section 6. Pulmonary Disorders
• Chapter 75. Occupational Lung Diseases
• Diseases Due  to Inorganic Dusts

• NJC 1995 Scientific Report ; Immunologic Mechanisms in Occupational, Environmental, and Granulomatous Lung Disease ; Lee S. Newman, M.D., M.A.
• NJC 1995 Scientific Report ; Research Summary for the Non-Scientist ; Lee S. Newman, M.D., M.A. ; Immunologic Mechanisms in Occupational Environmental and Granulomatous Lung Disease
• NJC Scientific Annual Report 1993 - Dept. of Medicine ; Kathleen Kreiss, M.D. , Occupational Health ; Beryllium disease epidemiology.
• NJC Scientific Annual Report 1993 - Dept. of Medicine ; Lee S. Newman, M.D. , Immunologic Mechanisms in Occupational, Environmental, and Granulomatous Lung Disease ; A. Chronic beryllium disease and sarcoidosis: Role of the T lymphocyte in immunopathogen-esis. ; B. Chronic beryllium disease: Role of the alveolar macrophage in im-munopathogenesis. ; C. Chronic beryllium disease: Immunologic tools in workplace screening and diagnosis. ; D. Chronic beryllium disease: natural history.
• Medical/ Scientific Update , Vol. 12, No. 2, February, 1994. ; Sarcoidosis ; Lee Newman, M.D.
• Environmental Pathology I: Environmental Lung Disease ; Ed Friedlander, M.D., Chairman, Dept. of Pathology ; University of Health Sciences , Sept. 25, 1995 ; discusses berylliosis and other lung diseases.
• The International Congress on Hazardous Waste: Impact on Human and Ecological Health, June 5-8, 1995, Congress '95 Abstracts, 162, Chromosomal Aberrations in Blood Lymphocytes Are Biomarkers of Human Exposure to Radiation or Chemicals. Igor I. Suskov, Ph.D., Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
• National Toxicology Program (NTP) ; 7th Annual Report on Carcinogens ; Beryllium and Certain Beryllium Compounds
• Environmental Health Perspectives monthly journal ; Volume 102(6-7) June-July 1994 ; Lang (p. 526) ; Health Risks of Beryllium. explores the effects of occupational exposure to beryllium and possible means of preventing these effects.
• Environmental Hazards Assessment Program of the Medical University of South Carolina ; Assessment of Genetic Risks to Environmental Diseases ; Janardan P. Pandey, Ph.D.
• New Publication on Chronic Beryllium Disease Studies - Results of research studies on beryllium and LPT, and the ongoing medical surveillance program for detecting CBD in DOE workers, conducted by the Office of Occupational Medicine (EH-61), will be detailed in a future Safety and Health Bulletin, "Chronic Beryllium Disease at DOE" (DOE/EH-0498, Issue 95-8). For more information on these studies, contact Paul Wambach (EH-61) at (301) 903-7373
• Reasonably Anticipated to be Carcinogen: Beryllium and Certain Beryllium Compounds - United States Department of Health and Human Services , National Toxicology Program.
• A Study on the Beryllium Lymphocyte Transformation Test and the Beryllium Levels in Working Environment ; Tsutomu Yoshida, Syogo Shima, Kaoru Nagaoka, Hiroshige Taniwaki, Akihiko Wada, Hideki Kurita and Kunihiko Morita
• Human Mast Cell Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor in Pulmonary Fibrotic Disorders ; The American Journal of Pathology: Volume 149, Number 06; Pages: 2037-2054; December 1996 Yoshikazu Inoue, Talmadge E. King, Jr., Sally S. Tinkle, Karen Dockstader, Lee S. Newman
• American Thoracic Society - Pulmonary Epithelial Cell Injury and Alveolar–Capillary Permeability in Berylliosis 156:109–115 ; Inoue Y, Barker E, Daniloff E, Kohno N, Hiwada K, Newman LS
• American Thoracic Society - Observer Variation and Relationship of Computed Tomography to Severity of Beryllium Disease 155:2047–2056 ; Daniloff EM, Lynch DA, Bartelson BB, Newell JD, Jr, Bernstein SM, Newman LS. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1997
• Mechanisms of pulmonary granulomatous diseases ; Milton D. Rossman, M.D.
• Airborne pollutants and the immune system ; Joseph F. Albright, PhD and Robert A. Goldstein, MD, PhD ; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland ; Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1996; 114:232-8.
• Animal Models of Human Disease - Roger P. Maickel
• Sarcoidosis ; Scott Robertson, MD January 9, 1997
• Report To Congress On Workers' Home Contamination Study Conducted Under The Workers' Family Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 671A)
• Protect Your Family - Reduce Contamination at Home ; A Summary of a Study Conducted by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Chapter 12 - The Uranium Miners ; A Standard for Beryllium, But Not for Uranium
• Chapter 12 Endnotes
• NIOSH Criteria Documents - Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposure to Beryllium 1972 ; DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 72-10268
• NIOSH Criteria Documents - Testimony to Department Of Labor (Beryllium) August 1977
• General Industry Health Hazard Evaluation - BRUCE MANSFIELD POWER STATION, Shippingport, Pennsylvania, HETA 94-0273-2556, January 1996.
• NIOSH Documentation for Immediately Dangerous To Life or Health Concentrations (IDLHs) - INTRODUCTION Includes a statement about beryllium.
• Defense Programs Beryllium Good Practice Guide
• Occupational Respiratory Diseases ; September, 1986 ; HHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 86-102
• Beryllium Disease ; Pages 385-399 ; 86-102-m.pdf (15 pages, 780K)
• EPA IRIS Integrated Risk Information System ; Beryllium and Compounds ; CASRN 7440-41-7 ; 04/03/98
• Toxicological Review of Beryllium and Compounds  (Cas No. 7440-41-7) In Support of Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) ; April 1998
• Beryllium Disease among Workers in a Spacecraft- Manufacturing Plant -- California; MMWR Weekly ; August 19, 1983 / 32(32);419-20,425
• Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment (CDPHE) ; Disease Control & Environmental Epidemiology Division (DCEED) ; Rocky Flats Health Studies
• Albright JF & Goldstein RA Airborne pollutants and the immune system. Otolaryngology & Head & Neck Surgery 114(2):232-238 (1996)
• Environmental Health Perspectives 
• Volume 102, Number 6-7 September 1994 ; Beryllium: A Chronic Problem
• Volume 104 (Suppl 5) October 1996
• Conference on Beryllium-related Diseases
• Introduction to the Conference on Beryllium-related Diseases ; C. W. Jameson ; 935-936
• The Natural History of Beryllium Sensitization and Chronic Beryllium Disease ; Lee S. Newman, Jenifer Lloyd, Elaine Daniloff ; 937-943
• Chronic Beryllium Disease: Diagnosis and Management ; Milton D. Rossman ; 945-947
• United Kingdom Beryllium Registry: Mortality and Autopsy Study ; W. Jones Williams ; 949-951
• Significance of the Blood Beryllium Lymphocyte Proliferation Test ; Lee S. Newman ; 953-956
• Statistical Methods for the Blood Beryllium Lymphocyte Proliferation Test ; Edward L. Frome, Matthew H. Smith, L. Gayle Littlefield, Richard L. Neubert, Shirley P. Colyer ; 957-968
• Cytokine Production by Bronchoalveolar Lavage Cells in Chronic Beryllium Disease ; Sally S. Tinkle, Patricia W. Schwitters, Lee S. Newman ; 969-971
• Animal Models of Beryllium-induced Lung Disease ; Gregory L. Finch, Mark D. Hoover, Fletcher F. Hahn, Kristen J. Nikula, Steven A. Belinsky, Patrick J. Haley, William C. Griffith ; 973-979
• Rocky Flats Beryllium Health Surveillance ; Arthur W. Stange, F. Joseph Furman, Duane E. Hilmas ; 981-986
• Medical and Ethical Issues in Genetic Screening--An Academic View ; Neil A. Holtzman ; 987-990
• A Moral History of the Evolution of a Caste of Workers ; Sheldon Wilfred Samuels ; 991-998
• Volume 106, Number 12, December 1998 ; Chronic Beryllium Disease: Uncommon Disease, Less Common Diagnosis ; Dannie C. Middleton ; Health Investigations Branch, Division of Health Studies, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA 30333 USA
• For First Time in 40 Years National Jewish Researchers Report Chronic Beryllium Disease Caused by Extremely Low Levels of Exposure ; April 19, 1999
• Cellular and Humoral Metal Hypersensitivity ; Emmanuel A. Ojo-Amaize, Ph.D.
• Angiotensin Converting Enzyme ; Herminio R. Reyes, Ph.D.
• Lymphocyte Antigen Stimulation ; Emmanuel A. Ojo-Amaize, Ph.D.
• Lymphocyte Mitogen Stimulation ; Emmanuel A. Ojo-Amaize, Ph.D.
• Bronchoscopy-Related Infections and Pseudoinfections -- New York, 1996 and 1998 ; CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) July 09, 1999 / 48(26);557-560
• Environmental and Occupational Lung Diseases ; Gary R. Epler, M.D.
• Guidance Document for the Preparation of Premarket Notifications [510(k)'s] for Dental Alloys ; Dental Devices Branch, Division of General and Restorative Devices, Office of Device Evaluation - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health
• Reasonably Anticipated to be Carcinogen: Beryllium and Certain Beryllium Compound ; National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• Characterization of Beryllium Aerosols Associated with Machining Operations ; J.W. Martyny, Tri-County Health Department, Commerce City, CO; M. Hoover, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM; K. Ellis, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; M. Mroz, L. Newman, E. Daniloff, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO

Medical Testing, Treatment, and Laboratories5/14/01

• A listing of Hospitals, Universities, Research Centers, and laboratories that study and/or treat individuals suspected of having or who have been diagnosed with Chronic Beryllium Disease. Also lists laboratories that perform Lymphocyte Transformation Tests.

• Beryllium Bibliography 5/22/99 - 1502 journal articles available through Medline and HealthGate ; The original Beryllium Bibliography 9/27/97 ; LLNL ES&H Gopher Services, Inhalation Toxicology Research Institute's "Bibliography on the Biomedical and Environmental Aspects of Beryllium" 2551 Citations ; DOE Historical Documents ; DOE Oakridge (8192 documents) and Rocky Flats Public Reading Room Lists.
• Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute Beryllium Bibliography from the Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
• PubSCIENCE -  Developed by DOE's Office of Scientific and Technical Information and made available to the public in partnership with the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO).
• Environmental Measurements Laboratory (EML)
• Bibliography of EML publications, EML reports and papers by EML scientific staff from 1948 to the present; by author, with cross-references.
• Listing of EML publications, EML reports and papers by EML scientific staff from 1948 to the present; by publication date.
• American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 
• Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (AOEM)
• Abstracts of Recent Articles: March 1997
• Abstracts of Recent Articles: June 1997
• Abstracts of Recent Articles: April 1999
• American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, Inc. (ACGIH)
• Publications
• American Industrial Hygiene Association
• American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal
• Publications
• HealthGate - A source for Journal Articles, health, wellness and biomedical information.
• Free Medline.
• The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
• RxList The Internet Drug Index - Search their database for information on drugs used to treat Chronic Beryllium Disease as well as others.
• Albuterol Sulfate
• Beclomethasone (Beconase^®)
• Cortisone
• Dexamethasone
• Fluticasone Propionate (Flovent^®)
• Ipratropium Bromide (Atrovent^®)
• Methotrexate
• Methylprednisolone (Solu-Medrol^®)
• Prednisolone
• Prednisone
• Salmeterol Xinafoate (Serevent^®)
• Triamcinolone Acetonide (Azmacort^®)

• United States Department of Energy (DOE)
• DOE Occupational Disease Benefits for Energy Workers Initiative Web Site
• The Office of Environment, Safety and Health is investigating the possibility of launching a new federal workers' compensation program that will provide medical care and wage loss benefits to cover current and former contractor workers who have suffered illnesses through their work in DOE.
• July 15, 1999 - Occupational Illness Program for Department of Energy Workers 
• July 15, 1999 - Unique Framework of Safety and Health at DOE 
• July 15, 1999 - Richardson Unveils Health Initiative for DOE Workers - Reverses Decades-old Practice, Proposes to Help Workers' Made Ill From DOE Operations 
• PEÑA STRENGTHENS EFFORTS TO PROTECT WORKERS' HEALTH
• Statement of Peter N. Brush ; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Environment, Safety and Health ,U. S. Department of Energy before the

Committee on Science Subcommittee on Energy and Environment U. S. House of Representatives March 20, 1997
• DOE Beryllium Worker Protection Web site
• Communicating Beryllium Health Risks Training Materials
• Participant Manual  1968 k
• Facilitator Manual  11810 k
• New DOE Policy for State Workers' Compensation Claims  3/22/98
• "To the extent allowable by law, DOE field counsel and contractors are not to contest the "work relatedness" for workers' compensation claims of confirmed cases of Chronic Beryllium Disease and, in those jurisdictions that allow such claims, of sensitization to beryllium."
• Federal Workers  Equally Protected Under CBDPP 3/22/98
• Beryllium Rule Advisory Committee (BRAC)
• DOE "Beryllium Rule" creation - an application of Complexity solutions Ltd processes ; November 1997, by Michael McMaster
• DOE ES&H Policy, Guidance, and Standards - DOE Notice 440.1 and DOE Guide 440.1-7
• National Archives and Records Administration - Federal Register - Look here for announcements - Search for Beryllium
• Interim Report on the Office of Oversight Review of the Effectiveness of DOE Occupational Medicine Programs - February 1999 ; Prepared by Office of Oversight Office of Environment, Safety and Health U.S. Department of Energy
• Defense Programs Beryllium Good Practice Guide
• DOE Worker Safety and Health Standards Response Line Web Site
• New Beryllium Standard
• What has OSHA defined as "serious physical harm"?
• New OSHA Civil Penalties Policy
• What are OSHA or DOE interpretations or guide for determining "serious physical harm"?
• OSHA revised the FEOSH rule, 29 CFR 1960 on July 5, 1995. What does this mean for DOE? It looks like DOE could be responsible for and cited for violations by its contractors. Is this the intent?
• Department of Energy Studies and Funding
• Department of Energy Facilities
• Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (RFETS) 5/12/00
• Center for Epidemiologic Research - Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education ; Oak Ridge, Tenn.
• Former Beryllium Workers Medical Surveillance Program
• Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant 5/12/00
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) 5/12/00
• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) 5/12/00
• Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) 5/12/00
• Hanford 5/12/00
• Argonne National Laboratory(ANL)
• The Chicago Pile 1 Pioneers
• Environmental Measurements Laboratory (EML)
• Bibliography of EML publications, EML reports and papers by EML scientific staff from 1948 to the present; by author, with cross-references.
• Listing of EML publications, EML reports and papers by EML scientific staff from 1948 to the present; by publication date.

• Private Industry
• Brush Wellman Inc. (BWI)
• Brush Wellman Engineered Materials Delta, Utah - Information about mining and ore processing.
• Speedring
• Beryllium Corporation of America

• Educational Institutions
• University of California at San Diego (UCSD) - Fusion Energy Research Lab - PISCES Plasma Surface Interaction Laboratory
• Beryllium Information for Fusion Applications
• Standard Procedures for Beryllium Operations

• Occupational Health and Public Health Lessons from the Past – Challenges for the Future ; Norrköping, Sweden - September 6-9, 2001; 2nd International Conference on the History of Occupationaland Environmental Prevention4th International Conference of the International Network for the History of Public Health
• International Symposium on Health Risk Communication Uncertainty, Stakeholders, and Public Health Action - November 1-3 - National Library of Medicine's Lister Hill Center in Bethesda, Maryland
• Committee on the Judiciary Hearing - September 21, 2000 -  Testimony Presented to Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims - Legislative hearing on H.R. 675, H.R. 3418, H.R. 3478, H.R. 3495, H.R. 4263, and H.R. 4398 concerning compensation for beryllium-related illnesses
• Dr. Lee Newman, MD
• Michael H. Jackson

News Articles9/25/00

• Toledo Blade - The Deadly Aliance
• USA Today - Workers fear genetic discrimination
• Arizona Star - Deadly dust harms Tucson workers
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