Beryllium environmental analysis and monitoring (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2009)
Introduction: Purpose or Background– Methods– Summary. Chapter 1: Overview of Beryllium Sampling and Analysis. Introduction– Background– Beryllium Sources– Industrial Uses– Health Risks– Natural Versus Anthropogenic– Carcinogenicity– Acute Beryllium Disease– Chronic Beryllium Disease– Occupational Exposure Limits– History– Current Limits– Trends– Impact of U.S. Department of Energy Beryllium Rule– Environmental Remediation– Sampling Overview– Air Sampling– Surface Sampling– Dermal Sampling– Soil Sampling– Analysis Overview: Summary of Current Techniques– Need for Improved Performance– Need for Real-Time Monitoring– Goals of This Book (Summary). Chapter 2: Air Sampling. Introduction– Purpose of Air Sampling and Choice of Strategy– Sampling for Compliance with a Limit Value– Sampling to Determine the Effectiveness of Control Measures– Sampling to Identify a Group Range of Exposures– Identification of a Homogenous Exposure Group (HEG)–