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Beryllium Science and Technology Association

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Classification schemes for carcinogenicity based on hazard-identification have become outmoded and serve neither science nor society (2016)

BeST Comments on SCOEL Recommendation for Beryllium OEL (2016)

A mortality study of beryllium workers (2016)

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A mortality study of workers exposed to insoluble forms of beryllium (2014)

A Review of the Science Related to the Association of Beryllium Metal with Lung Cancer (2014)

Evaluation of Occupational Exposures at an Electronic Scrap Recycling Facility (2014)

An Evaluation of Airborne Beryllium Exposures During Recycling of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) (2014)

Beryllium Exposure Assessment during WEEE Recycling (2013)

USGS Beryllium Mineral Commodity (2013)

Scientific Perspectives on Establishing an Occupation Exposure Limit for Beryllium Metal (2013)

Long-term efficacy of a program to prevent beryllium disease (2013)

Sparse Data Bias accompanying overly fine stratification in analysis of beryllium exposure and lung cancer risk (2013)

Critique of ACGIH documentation for Threshold Limit Value for Beryllium and compounds (2012)

Current Scientific State on the Toxicology of Beryllium Metal (2012)

Analysis of Papers Linking Exposure to Beryllium and Lung Cancer (2012)

Sensitization and chronic beryllium disease at a primary manufacturing facility (2012)

Occupational Exposure to Beryllium and Cancer Risk – Review of the Epidemiologic Evidence (2012)

Beryllium – An Essential Element in Medical Equipment (2011)

Use of Copper Beryllium in Stopping Macondo Oil Spill (2011)

Microwire Uses of CuBe in Medicine (2011)

British Survey of Metal Risks (2011)

Update on Beryllium Cancer Classification (2011)

Summary and Discussion of Key Studies and Issues Relevant to Establishing an OEL for Beryllium (2011)

Critique of Van Dyke et al Study of Beryllium Exposed Workers at Rocky Flats (2012)

Analysis of the Schubauer-Berigan et al Cancer Risk Estimate for Beryllium Exposed Workers (2011)

Health, socio-economic and environmental aspects of possible amendments to the EU Directive on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens and mutagens at work (2011)

Confounding after Risk-Set Sampling in the Beryllium Study by Sanderson (2011)

EU Commission – Tackling the Challenges in Commodity Markets on Raw Materials (2011)

CSPRT Report on Beryllium (2011)

World Without Beryllium (2011)

French Defense Geostrategic Perspectives for the Next 30 Years (2011)

Review of the Health Effects and Evidence for Screening or Surveillance in Workers Exposed to Beryllium (2011)

Overview of Cancer Papers by Christian Strupp (Francais) (2010)

Overview of Cancer Papers by Christian Strupp (English) (2010)

Overview of Cancer Papers by Christian Strupp (Deutsch) (2010)

Beryllium Exposure Control Program at the Cardiff Atomic Weapons Establishment in the United Kingdom (2010)

Expert Study Evaluation of the Epidemiological and Toxicological Literature on Carcinogenicity of Beryllium Metal & Beryllium-containing Alloys (2010)

Harlan Project – Appendix 3, Summary of Animal Studies Relevant for Carcinogenicity (2010)

Harlan Project – Appendix 2, In Vivo Studies with Beryllium Metal (2010)

Harlan Project – Evaluation of the Epidemiological and Toxicological Literature on Carcinogenicity of Beryllium Metal and Alloys (2010)

Beryllium Metal II. A Review of the Available Toxicity Data (2010)

Beryllium Metal I. Experimental Results on Acute Oral Toxicity, Local Skin and Eye Effects, and Genotoxicity (2010)

Annex V to the Report of the Ad-hoc Working Defining Critical Raw Materials (2010)

Critical Raw Materials for the EU: Report of the Ad-hoc Working Group on Defining Critical Raw Materials

Lung cancer among workers at Rocky Flats (2004)

Beryllium Critical Material Assessment Summary (2010)

Strategic Importance of Beryllium to the EU (2010)

BeST Beryllium Brochure EU (2010)

Strategic Importance of Beryllium and the Negative Trade Impacts of Impractical Regulatory Initiatives

US Geological Survey – Occurrence Model for Volcanogenic Beryllium Deposits (2010)

Use of Copper Beryllium in Medical Devices Support (2010)

US Geological Survey – Beryllium (2010)

Evaluation of Preventive Program to Reduce Sensitization at a Be Metal, Oxide and Alloy Production Plant (2010)

Low Prevalence CBD at a Nuclear Weapons Research Facility (2010)

BeST Handout on Beryllium Metal

Industrial Injuries Advisory Council Position Paper on Beryllium and Cancer (2009)

Competitiveness of the EU Metalworking and Metal Articles Industries (2009)

Use of Beryllium Lymphocyte Proliferation Testing for Screening of Asymptomatic Individuals: An Evidence-Based Assessent

Efficacy of a Program to Prevent Beryllium Sensitization Among New Employees at a Copper-Beryllium Alloy Processing Facility (2009)

Lung cancer and exposure to metals (2009)

Beryllium and lung cancer A weight of evidence evaluation of the toxicological and epidemiological literature (2009)

Beryllium Hits the Target for Optical Guidance Systems (2009)

Exposure to Beryllium and Occurrence of Lung Cancer, Findings from a Cox Proportional Hazards Analysis (2009)

Mobile phone partnership initiative (2009)

Progression from Beryllium Exposure to CBD – an Analytic Model (2009)

US Department of Defense Strategic Materials Protection Board Findings (2008)

Case-Control Study Design Spurious Associations between Expsoure and Outcome (2007)

Empirical Evaluation of Complex Epidemiologic Study Designs Worplace Expousre and Cancer (2007)

Characterization and Analysis of Airborne Metal Exposures among Workers Recycling Cellular Phones (2007)

Exposure-Response Analysis for Beryllium Sensitization and CBD (2007)

Exposure to Occupational Carcinogens in Great Britian (2007)

Performance of the Beryllium Blood Lymphocyte Proliferation Test Based on a Long-Term Occupational Surveillance Program (2007)

Keeping Beryllium Workers Safe, An Enhanced Preventative Model (2007)

Exposure to Beryllium and Occurrence of Lung Cancer A Reexamination of Findings (2007)

Enhanced Preventive Programme at a Beryllium Oxide Ceramics Facility Reduces Beryllium Sensitisation Among New Workers

Beryllium Production and Outlook Roskill Mineral Sevices (2006)

Characterization and Analysis of Airborne Metal Circuit Board Shredding (2006)

Assessment of the Beryllium Lymphocyte Proliferation Test Using Statistical Process Control (2006)

Sensitization and Chronic Beryllium Disease Among Workers in a Copper Beryllium Distribution Center (2006)

Process-Related Risk of Beryllium Sensitization and Disease in a Copper-Beryllium Alloy Facility (2005)

Beryllium and Lung Cancer. A Reanalysis of a NIOSH Cohort Mortality Study (2002)

Beryllium Sensitization, CBD and Exposures at a Beryllium Mining and Extraction Facility (2001)

Comments by Trichopoulos – The Alleged Human Carcinogenicity of Beryllium (1999)

United Kingdom Beryllium Registry: Mortality & Autopsy Study (1996)

The Epidemiological Evidence of the Carcinogenicity of Beryllium in Humans (1994)

Evaluation of Beryllium Animal Data (1987)