Article: Reading Eagle, Pa., Don Spatz Column.

By Don Spatz, Reading Eagle, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Dec. 18--A week ago, a federal appeals court gave a break to the families of three Berks women who died of chronic beryllium disease -- two of whom never set foot in the Tuckerton plant that had spewed beryllium dust around its neighborhoods for years.

Essentially, the court provided some extra time for local doctors to catch up to beryllium's dangers.

The three and a fourth person had sued current and previous owners of the plant (most recently owned by NGK Metals) in federal court, claiming its dust was killing them. They died of it while the suit was being heard.

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