As champions of injured workers and their families, attorneys at Brayton Purcell are on the forefront of
legal, legislative, and medical news about beryllium and beryllium–related diseases. Bookmark this
page for updates and opinions on important issues.
News Items:
| February 8, 2008 |
Beryllium Exposure
Warning Arrives Too Late for Contract Workers at Livermore Lab |
| September 14, 2007 |
Court of Appeals Hands Down
Decision that Beryllium Sensitization May Be a “Current Disease” |
| July 6, 2007 |
OSHA Ordered to Release Data on Beryllium |
| January 12, 2007 |
Beryllium Uncovered at Former Brush
Wellman Site in Lorain, OH |
| November 17, 2006 |
Brush Ceramics Granted Beryllium
Emission Permit, But Will Be Subject to Monitoring |
| September 22, 2006 |
Unprotected Workers Handled Beryllium–Contaminated
Equipment at DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| August 4, 2006 |
Copper–Beryllium Alloy
Workers May Be Exposed to Beryllium Through Skin Contact |
| March 3, 2006 |
Researchers to Study Beryllium Exposure
Among Former Nuclear Metals Plant Workers |
| January 13, 2006 |
Brush Wellman To Build New Beryllium
Plant |
| September 9, 2005 |
Beryllium Worker’s Wife
Develops Chronic Beryllium Disease |
| July 22, 2005 |
OSHA Whistleblower Urges Agency to Release
Beryllium Exposure Details |
| December 30, 2004 |
Former Workers at Florida Plant to
Be Tested for Berylliosis |
| October 29, 2004 |
Former Florida Plant Workers Waiting
for Compensation for Beryllium Injuries |
| July 2, 2004 |
Workers at Former Florida Plant Exposed
to Beryllium |
| March 12, 2004 |
Is It Chronic Beryllium Disease or
Sarcoidosis? |
| February 17, 2004 |
Ohio Uranium Plant Workers Exposed to
Beryllium |
| January 9, 2004 |
Environmental Beryllium Exposure Cases
Allowed to Proceed |
| October 31, 2003 |
Beryllium Claims Mired in Red Tape, GAO
Report Says |
| September 26, 2003 |
National Nuclear Security Offices
in Nevada Contaminated with Beryllium |
| July 25, 2003 |
Homes Near Brush Wellman Plant to Be Checked
for Beryllium Dust |
| March 21, 2003 |
Workers at Uranium Enrichment Plant Exposed
to Beryllium |
| December 6, 2002 |
OSHA to Revisit Effects of Beryllium Exposure |
| September 27, 2002 |
OSHA Bulletin Reviews Beryllium Risks
in Dental Labs |
| April 12, 2002 |
Government Compensation for Nuclear
and Beryllium Workers Delayed |
| February 25, 2002 |
Argonne Lab Workers Show Signs of
Lung Disease |
| January 11, 2002 |
Adult Children of Deceased
Beryllium Workers Eligible for Government Compensation |
| November 30, 2001 |
Former Beryllium Workers Discover Problems with
Government Compensation Program |
| September 13, 2001 |
OSHA Standard for Beryllium Exposure Inadequate, Groups
Charge |
| August 7, 2001 |
Rocketdyne Failed to Disclose Beryllium Use at California
Plant, Report Says |
| July 27, 2001 |
Recent Research in Chronic Beryllium Disease |
| June 1, 2001 |
Dental Workers May Risk Exposure to Beryllium |
| January 19, 2001 |
Government to Compensate Injured Beryllium Workers—Is
It Enough? |
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