Health Consultation: Exposure Investigation Report, Former American Beryllium Site, Tallevast, Manatee County, Florida. EPA Facility ID: FLD004100731

摘要

This exposure investigation, conducted by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) with the help of the Florida Department of Health (DOH) and the Sarasota County Health Department (CHD), completes the retesting of participants with abnormal, borderline, or uninterpretable beryllium lymphocyte proliferation test(BeLPT) results obtained by the Manatee CHD and the Florida DOH's first exposure investigation. The Manatee County Health Department (CHD) began testing residents of the Tallevast community of Manatee County, Florida for beryllium sensitization using the BeLPT in December 2004 and January 2005 as a response to concerns about possible exposure to beryllium dust from the Loral American Beryllium Company (ABC) plant which operated from 1961 to 1996. The Loral ABC plant manufactured ultra-precision machine parts using beryllium components for the aerospace industry and the ballistic missile program for the defense industry. A total of 237 participants were tested using the BeLPT, with 7 abnormal results (3 former workers, 3 household contacts, and 1 community resident), 4 border line results (1 former worker, 1 household contact, and 2 community residents), and 2 uninterpretable results (2 community residents).