Safety
All beryllium compounds are highly toxic. Beryllium fluoride is very soluble in water and is thus absorbed easily; as mentioned above, it inhibits ATP uptake. The LD50 in mice is about 100 mg/kg by ingestion and 1.8 mg/kg by intravenous injection.
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