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Article: WORKERS KEPT IN DARK ROCKETDYNE'S SILENCE ON BERYLLIUM RISK COULD PROVE DANGEROUS.(News)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- August 13, 2001
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Byline: Beth Barrett Staff Writer
Rocketdyne exposed dozens of workers, far more than previously known, at its Canoga Park plant to potentially dangerous beryllium for years without their knowledge and later opposed requests to monitor health impacts.
The company has consistently minimized the extent of the exposure and the seriousness of the problem.
But two dozen former Rocketdyne employees - representing a larger group of workers that handled an alloy containing a low percentage of beryllium - have now come forward and told the Daily News they were given little safety training or equipment and denied basic tests when health questions arose. ...