[CPEO-MEF] Beryllium toxicity

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

His warning on metal is finally being heard
UMDNJ's Finkel stresses beryllium's toxicity

BY JOSH MARGOLIN
Newark Star-Ledger (NJ)
August 5, 2007

Adam Finkel, Ivy League scientist, public health expert and federal 
regulator, was angry.

As a regional administrator with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration in 2002, Finkel vented when a trade magazine reporter 
simply asked: "Is there anything else going on?"

"Well, now that you mention it," Finkel said that day in San Diego, 
"this beryllium thing is really bothering me."

Beryllium is a lightweight metal used to make everything from jet 
fighters to electronics. It also is extremely dangerous to workers if 
its dust is inhaled.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.nj.com/starledger/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-7/1186288292133630.xml&coll=1

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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