OSHA rules on workplace toxics stalled

By Jim Morris

Rules that would reduce worker exposures to two well-known lung hazards, beryllium and silica, are stuck in the regulatory pipeline.

Excerpts from this story referencing "berylliosis":

"… ubstances.Apart from the suffocating, chronic lung ailments they cause — berylliosis and silicosis — beryllium and silica are classified as “known human ca …"

"… ully outdated,” her colleague, Dr. Lisa Maier, who sees Revers and other berylliosis patients, said of the beryllium cap.Revers, who worked around beryllium fr …"

"… orry about it. Back then, I just cared about the job.” He learned he had berylliosis only after he had his gall bladder removed in 2009.“I’ve gotten progre …"

"… ated as an asthmatic for years before getting the correct diagnosis.Having berylliosis, Bell said recently, is “like being on a roller coaster. On a good day I …"