Beryllium poisoning
JUN 01, 1949
Twenty‐five millionths of a gram of beryllium per cubic meter of breathed air can cause acute lung disease. Industrial users of beryllium have standard practices to protect the workman. It is important that all scientists and technicians learn how to work safely with beryllium and its compounds.
DOI: 10.1063/1.3066529
Beryllium has unique and advantageous properties which make its use imperative in nuclear physics, nuclear reactor technology, metallurgy, and in industry. But there is danger in its use, for beryllium and its compounds have toxic properties and disease‐producing potentialities which have not been widely recognized.
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Robert J. Hasterlik. Argonne National Laboratory and University of Chicago.
© 1949. American Institute of Physics
