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berylliosis
(redirected from Beryllium disease)

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berylliosis [bə‚ril·ē′ō·səs]
(medicine)
Chronic lung inflammation due to inhalation of beryllium oxide dust.
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Exposure to the chemical in some sensitive individuals can lead to chronic beryllium disease, which can cause a cough, shortness of breath and fatigue, among other symptoms, said Ingrid Drake, an investigator and beryllium expert from the Project on Government Oversight in Washington.
LANL WARNS OF POSSIBLE CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
For example, the BeLPT car identify changes in the immune system that are linked to an increased risk for developing chronic beryllium disease (Middleton, Fink, Kowalski, Lewin, & Sinks, 2008; Middleton Lewin, Kowalski Cox, & Kleinbaum, 2006).
Community testing: A commentary by Middleton, Dan; Sowell, Anne; Uddin, Mohammed; Shim, Youn / Journal of Environmental Health
10) In their efforts to prevent OSHA and EPA from promulgating protective regulations limiting human exposure to beryllium, they took every opportunity to "manufacture uncertainty" about the science documenting the fact that exposure to beryllium caused lung cancer and a debilitating and usually fatal disease called chronic beryllium disease (CBD), or berylliosis.
Resisting regulation with blue ribbon panels by McGarity, Thomas O. / Fordham Urban Law Journal
 
 
 
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