MEMBERS of the staff of the Division of Occupational Hygiene have attempted to keep members of the Massachusetts Medical Society informed regarding current problems in occupational hygiene. Such attempts have included summaries of work in the field of industrial hygiene1 2 3 4 and reports regarding anthrax in Massachusetts5 , 6 and particularly the appearances of new clinical syndromes in workers exposed to beryllium compounds.7 This entity has received nationwide interest because of the varied uses of beryllium and its compounds and because various types of pneumonitis have been experienced almost everywhere this element or its compounds have been used. It is hoped that the . . .