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Update: Industry welcomes new worker protection standard for beryllium

Update: On 20 June 2019, the official text of the 3rd amendment of the Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive was published on the EU Official Journal. The newly amended directive will enter int…

BeST Spring Quarterly Newsletter now available

In this edition: Industry Welcomes new worker protection standard for beryllium Worldwide producers of Beryllium gather in Brussels for the BeST 2019 AGM BeST receives award as EU-OSHA official campai…

Industry welcomes new worker protection standard for beryllium

After several years of thorough study and consideration, the EU is about to adopt a new worker protection standard for beryllium. The Beryllium Science and Technology Association (BeST) welcomes the n…

BeST receives award as EU-OSHA official campaign partner

BeST participated in the EU-OSHA good practice exchange event and award ceremony on 05 and 06 March 2019 in Brussels. The event marked the 10th anniversary of the campaign partnership scheme of the Eu…

BeST Winter Quarterly Newsletter is now out

In this issue: Protection of workers, key priority for all European Institutions BeST becomes official campaign partner of the Safe Worker Campaign So many legislative activities on RoHS CRMs against …

BeST submits comments to RoHS Consultation on revised (draft) methodology

In February 2018, the European Commission announced that it had commissioned Oeko Institut to conduct another substance review project under the RoHS Directive. Oeko Institut has recently launched a s…

European Parliament and Council adopt their positions on 3rd batch of the CMD

On 20 November 2018, the European Parliament adopted its position on the 3rd batch of substances of the CMD and confirmed the European Commission’s proposal with a few additional elements, i.e biom…

BeST submits comments to ELV Directive Roadmap

At the beginning of October, the European Commission published an evaluation roadmap on Directive 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles (ELV Directive) with the aim of updating its content and eliminatin…

BeST submits feedback to RoHS evaluation Roadmap

The European Commission launched the RoHS evaluation Roadmap on 14 September 2018 – Feedback can be submitted by end of today (12 October 2018). According to the roadmap, the RoHS Directive will…

BeST becomes official campaign partner of EU-OSHA workplace campaign

BeST has joined, as official campaign partner, EU-OSHA’s two-year workplace campaign entitled “Healthy Workplaces Manage Dangerous Substances”. EU-OSHA is the European Union informat…

BeST Summer Quarterly Newsletter is now out

In this issue: European Parliament looks at worker protection; No need to restrict Beryllium; Campaign to promote and not substitute critical raw materials; U.S. OSHA and industry reach beryllium sett…

BeST submits comments to RoHS consultation

In February 2018, the European Commission announced that it had commissioned Oeko Institut to conduct another substance review project under the RoHS Directive. Seven shortlisted substances have been …

BeST submits comments to the European Commission’s proposal for an OEL for Beryllium

On 5 April 2018, the European Commission proposed an OEL of 600 ng/m3 as an 8-hour Time Weighted Average (TWA) for “Inhalable” beryllium-containing particulates, for a transition period of 5 year…

BeST welcomes CBL Ceramics LTD as new associate member

With the addition of CBL Ceramics LTD, a manufacturer of advanced ceramics specializing in beryllium oxide ceramics, BeST has a total of three full members and three associate members gathering all th…

BeST Spring Quarterly Newsletter is out

In this issue: Where protection starts – safe working with Beryllium; BeST supports safer worker campaign; EU to do more on sourcing of Critical Raw Materials; Critical Raw Materials and Circula…

BeST position paper on RoHS

BeST Position Paper on the proposed Occupational Exposure Level for Beryllium

European Commission proposal for an EU-wide Binding Beryllium OEL

On 5 April 2018, The European Commission published its proposal for a binding occupational exposure level (OEL) for the 3rdwave of substances including Beryllium and its inorganic compounds, to be rev…

UK Atomic Energy Authority joins BeST

The UK Atomic Energy Authority joins the Beryllium Science & Technology Association as a new associate member. UKAEA researches fusion energy and related technologies with the aim of positioning t…

BeST Quarterly Newsletter – Winter Edition

In this issue: Be Responsible Program in five different languages; New Critical Raw Materials List – Beryllium included as a CRM; Finding an optimal balance between protection and feasibility &…

Be Responsible Program in five different languages

BeST publishes the Be Responsible Product Stewardship Program also in French, German, Italian and Spanish. The translations can be found under General Health and Safety Guidance Documents in the Guida…

Finding the Optimal Balance Between Protection and Feasibility

BeST’s “Benchmark Occupational Exposure Limits (OEL) at a glance” features the OELs for Beryllium and Beryllium compounds currently applied in EU and Non-EU countries. The OELs are expressed…

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