BERYLLIUM in Air: METHOD 7704, Issue 1, dated 06 April 2007 – Page � of 6 .BIBLIOGRAPHY: Minogue EM, Ehler DS, Burrell AK, McCleskey TM, Taylor TP [2005]. Development of a new fluorescence method for the detection of beryllium on surfaces. J ASTM Int 2(9), 10 pp., Paper ID JAI13168.. METHOD WRITTEN BY: T. Mark McCleskey, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM; Kevin Ashley, CDC/NIOSH, Division of Applied Research and Technology; Anoop Agrawal, Berylliant Inc., Tucson, AZ. Table 3. U.S. regulatory occupational exposure limits (OELs) and other published occupational exposure limits and guidelines for beryllium* U.S. Regulatory OELs Agency
8 Hour inhalation exposure limit (µg/m3)
MSHA
2
OSHA
2
DOE, 10 CFR 850
Short-term inhalation exposure limit (µg/m3) not established 5 (ceiling) 25 (30 min maximum)
2 (0.2 action level)
Other published OELs and guidelines†
not established
8 Hour inhalation exposure limit (µg/m3)
Country or organization Germany ACGIH TLV®, Argentina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec), China (Hong Kong), Columbia, Egypt, Finland, France, Ireland, India, Japan, Jordan, Korea (Republic of), Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vietnam Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Russia NIOSH REL China AIHA WEEL®
5 2
1 0.5‡ 0.1 not established
- Abbreviations: ACGIH = American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, AIHA = American Industrial Hygiene
Association, CFR = Code of Federal Regulations, DOE = U.S. Department of Energy, TLV® = Threshhold Limit Value, WEEL® = Workplace Environmental Exposure Level. † Occupational exposure limits and guidelines other than NIOSH’s recommended exposure limit (REL) have not been reviewed by NIOSH. Professional society and other country exposure limits and guidelines are provided as an aid to NMAM users seeking additional information. Inclusion of these standards and guidelines does not constitute endorsement by NIOSH. ‡ This NIOSH REL was developed using a previous NIOSH policy for carcinogens (29 CFR 1990.103). The current NIOSH policy for carcinogens was adopted in September 1995. The previous and current NIOSH carcinogen policies are available at http:// www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/nengapdx.html#a. Under the previous policy, NIOSH usually recommended that exposures to carcinogens be limited to the “lowest feasible concentration,” which was a nonquantitative value. Under the previous policy, most quantitative RELs for carcinogens were set at the limit of detection (LOD) achievable when the REL was originally established.
Updated: 04/06/2007
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