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Managing Health Effects of Beryllium Exposure
TABLE 5-1 Genotoxicity Studies of Beryllium Compounds
Assay or End Point
Species
Compound
With Activation
Without Activation
Reference
In vitro
Plate incorporation assay
Salmonella typhimurium
BeSO4
Negative
Negative
Rosenkranz and Poirier 1979; Simmon 1979a; Simmon et al. 1979; Dunkel et al.1984; Arlauskas et al. 1985; Ashby et al. 1990