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Article: Tucson, Ariz., firm develops kit to test for toxic beryllium.
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- AZ Daily Star
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- August 18, 2004
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Byline: David Wichner
Aug. 18--Beryllium exposure sickened more than two dozen workers at a Brush Wellman plant in Tucson in a health hazard discovered in the late 1990s.
Now, another Tucson company hopes to be part of the answer to safeguarding workers from chronic beryllium disease -- a debilitating ailment linked to exposure to airborne particles of the metal.
Berylliant Technologies, launched by principals of Tucson-based Enki Technologies LLC, has developed a relatively simple kit to test for beryllium on surfaces, much faster and at lower cost than existing methods.
Based on technology licensed from the Los Alamos National ...