On September 30, 2019, OSHA issued a final rule for Occupational Exposure to Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds in Construction and Shipyards. Rather than revoke the ancillary provisions for these ...

Now less than 500 tons of metal are refined each year because it is dangerously toxic. Beryllium has no known biological role, and its dust causes chronic inflammation of the lungs and shortage of ...

Black lung disease and silicosis have roots in the industrial revolution, and beryllium disease dates to before World War II, ...