Europe is mad, sustances of very high concern

But you reversed the colors.

Senior moment ;-)

'S'obvious, really. It's pink in solution.

It was over half a century ago :-)

-- "Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it." (Stephen Leacock)

And so are you! :)

No quarrel with that ;-)

ed

Not that I know--gotta link?

The headline risk of BeO is berylliosis--an allergic reaction of some people--and mostly from inhaling the dust.

-- Cheers, Jaes Arthur

It probably is an over reaction - especially when immobilised in a silica gel. But civil servants mainly have classics degrees and politicians are mostly lawyers so don't expect rationality.

I wouldn't say it was a deadly carcinogen. More a deadly poison - if you survive the immediate acute toxicity then it might increase your chances of getting cancer in the long term, but the main risk is as a poison.

It was a real hazard for the guys who sharpened beryllium copper chisels used in flame proof areas and the MSDS gives it as likely carcinogen - not really entirely proven as acute lethal effects tend to dominate. eg

CICAD goes further based on statistics of workers in Be processing

There is a pure beryllium single crystal in a museum somewhere that has a list of the unfortunate people it has killed attached. It was one of the easier materials for Xray crystallography in the early days. However a scratch from it never healed and in some unlucky individuals proved fatal.

BeO and other beryllium salts are not nice to handle.

Regards, Martin Brown

If you cut your finger, you do not want ANY Be compound touching it, and getting into your bloodstream.

You can't argue with the facts, if you're not a dimbulb. :)

You can't be a total TerrellTard, unless you are a total TerrellTard.

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How about this one. It reads fairly similar to the others.

I guess you CAN argue with the facts, if you're DimBulb.