Doug, Here are some links:
http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/berylliosis.html http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic222.htm The reports seem to say that inhalation is the only hazard. I used to use beryllium TO-3 insulators and was told they were safe as long as we didn't grind or sand it to a powder. Here is the OSHA webpage: http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/beryllium/index.html Dave Cuthbert From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of POWELL, DOUG Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 9:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: beryllium disease Hello all, Normally I spend all of my time on Electrical Safety and EMC issues. Still there is a perception that since I work in the area of regulatory compliance I should also know about workplace EHS. My application is BeO on hybrid substrates. I hope there is someone in the group that can answer some questions. 1) Is there any risk of beryllium disease through ingestion, cuts, etc. or is it only by inhalation of dust and fumes? 2) Is there a standardized warning label for products that contain beryllium? 3) Where can I find requirements? Thank you so much for your help, -doug end Douglas E. Powell Staff Engineer Corporate Compliance Dept. Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. Fort Collins, CO 80525 USA This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ 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://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
