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Chair: Lisa Barker (303-398-1723)  barkerL@njhealth.org

This subcommittee is exploring best practices in the education of personnel engaged in
work activities with beryllium bearing materials. Since the primary manufacturer of
beryllium indicates up to 8000 downstream fabricators and consumer organizations, there
is a wide range of operational environments where personnel are potentially exposed.
Beryllium sensitization and Chronic Beryllium Disease (CBD) continue to be identified
in the worker community, and the mechanism of disease remains unclear. Therefore,
communication of all available information to the worker/supervisor, manager, and health
care provider are important to impress upon all the need for prudent avoidance of
exposures.

This subcommittee has drafted a charter, proposed a preliminary list of actions, and has a
conference call scheduled monthly to status progress against those actions. Current plans
are to assemble best practices information from all participants and create a "white paper"
on the findings.