The mantle of a gas lantern contains about 600 micrograms of toxic beryllium metal. Most of the beryllium is volatilized and becomes airborne during the first 15 minutes of use of a new mantle. The inhalation of this quantity of beryllium can be hazardous.
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K.S. Griggs (1973) studied this question.
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