… This report presents findings of federally mandated screenings for beryllium sensitization
among former DOE workers employed at a single weapons assembly plant in the Midwest. This …

… beryllium had a low prevalence of beryllium sensitization. Sensitization rates might be higher
where higher beryllium … of beryllium sensitization (BeS) and chronic beryllium disease (CBD…

… assembly workers is particularly interesting given that this workforce was deemed at low
risk for exposure compared to other nuclear weapons production sites from the cold war …

… cell-mediated immune response to beryllium. The lessinvasive peripheral blood test allows
screening for beryllium sensitization and early CBD among beryllium-exposed workers and …

… prior to the end of the Cold War, beryllium is finding new applications in … beryllium sensitivity.
Among groups of highly exposed beryllium workers, only a few percent become sensitized …

… psychosocial effects of beryllium sensitization (BeS) and chronic beryllium disease (CBD). …
beryllium sensitization in a lowexposed former nuclear weapons cohort from the cold war era…

… In fact, beryllium disease was recognized among workers involved in … World War II era [Van
Orsdstrand, et al. 1945, Hardy 1955]. As nuclear weapons proliferated during the Cold War, …

… and beryllium industries to determine the number of workers with CBD or beryllium sensitivity
… The difficulty in determining the number of workers with sensitivity or CBD is compounded …

… The review focuses on the most important health risks: beryllium sensitization, chronic
beryllium disease, and cancer. To help the committee in its review, two data-gathering meetings …

… was critical to the development of military defense weapons during the Cold War. … study
was to reconstruct beryllium exposures of workers, who were identified as beryllium sensitized or …