Author: Publisher:
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Category : Beryllium
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
An Outline of a Beryllium Program
Author: Managing Health Effects of Beryllium Exposure
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309178010
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Beryllium is a lightweight metal that is used for its exceptional strength and high heat-absorbing capability. Beryllium and its alloys can be found in many important technologies in the defense and aeronautics industries, such as nuclear devices, satellite systems, radar systems, and aircraft bushings and bearings. Pulmonary disease associated with exposure to beryllium has been recognized and studied since the early 1940s, and an occupational guideline for limiting exposure to beryllium has been in place since 1949. Over the last few decades, much has been learned about chronic beryllium disease and factors that contribute to its occurrence in exposed people. Despite reduced workplace exposure, chronic beryllium disease continues to occur. Those developments have led to debates about the adequacy of the long-standing occupational exposure limit for protecting worker health. This book, requested by the U.S. Air Force to help to determine the steps necessary to protect its workforce from the effects of beryllium used in military aerospace applications, reviews the scientific literature on beryllium and outlines an exposure and disease management program for its protecting workers.
Beryllium Health and Safety Guide
Author: International Labour OrganisationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Published by the WHO for the International Programme on Chemical Safety (a collaborative programme of the UNEP, ILO, and the WHO). This is a companion volume to Environmental Health Criteria 106: Beryllium
Toxicological Profile for Beryllium
Author: Summary of Beryllium Research and Develpment Programs
Author: A. N. AshurstPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Beryllium
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Summary of Beryllium Research and Development Programs
Author: Proposed Beryllium Program
Author: Lincoln Ridler PagePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Beryllium
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Beryllium Joining
Author: Jerome Bernard CohenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Beryllium
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Occupational Safety and Health
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
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Category : Beryllium
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Critical Mineral Resources of the United States
Author: K. J. SchulzPublisher: Geological Survey
ISBN: 9781411339910
Category : Industrial minerals
Languages : en
Pages : 868
Book Description
As the importance and dependence of specific mineral commodities increase, so does concern about their supply. The United States is currently 100 percent reliant on foreign sources for 20 mineral commodities and imports the majority of its supply of more than 50 mineral commodities. Mineral commodities that have important uses and face potential supply disruption are critical to American economic and national security. However, a mineral commodity's importance and the nature of its supply chain can change with time; a mineral commodity that may not have been considered critical 25 years ago may be critical today, and one considered critical today may not be so in the future. The U.S. Geological Survey has produced this volume to describe a select group of mineral commodities currently critical to our economy and security. For each mineral commodity covered, the authors provide a comprehensive look at (1) the commodity's use; (2) the geology and global distribution of the mineral deposit types that account for the present and possible future supply of the commodity; (3) the current status of production, reserves, and resources in the United States and globally; and (4) environmental considerations related to the commodity's production from different types of mineral deposits. The volume describes U.S. critical mineral resources in a global context, for no country can be self-sufficient for all its mineral commodity needs, and the United States will always rely on global mineral commodity supply chains. This volume provides the scientific understanding of critical mineral resources required for informed decisionmaking by those responsible for ensuring that the United States has a secure and sustainable supply of mineral commodities.