"Are you sure? Berylium Oxide (BeO) has a long-standing reputation for being toxic, but I've never heard of metalic berylium (Be) posing a problem."
See the following for more details: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts4.html Paul Hare e: [email protected] Compliance Engineer w: 978.206.9179 Pirus Networks f: 978.206.9199 43 Nagog Park c: 508.450.0376 Acton, MA 01720 i: www.pirus.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 12:07 PM To: EMC-PSTC Subject: Re: Chamber Doors On Tue, 19 Feb 2002 18:08:09 +0800, "Wan Juang Foo" <[email protected]> wrote: <snip> >BTW, 'Be' (Beryllium) is a highly toxic metal that will not get out of your >blood once it enters it. I would strongly advise anyone cleaning their >Be-Cu finger stocks from exposing themselves to any possibilities of cuts >or abrassions while cleaning these 'fingers'. >I understand the concentrations of Be is low but why would anyone take the >risk of prolonged exposure to Be dust and metal chippings? <snip> Are you sure? Berylium Oxide (BeO) has a long-standing reputation for being toxic, but I've never heard of metalic berylium (Be) posing a problem. ---- Patrick Lawler [email protected] ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list" ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
