Correspondence and papers re Nancy Tait's critique of the fibre analysis approach, citing from Dr Allen R Gibbs' testimony to coroners, OEDA's EM findings contradicting those of Gibbs, and explaining that in view of the unreliabilit...
Correspondence and papers re the OEDA fundraising and remembrance event ‘Balloon race’, 31 October 1998, which netted £ 239.Includes colour photographs and draft of the balloon launch order, which featured Nancy Tait, Alan Dalton, Bangladeshi-born...
Correspondence and papers re meeting ‘Asbestos – what next?’, Grand Committee Room, Westminster Hall, Houses of Parliament on 20 October 1982. The meeting was sponsored and arranged with SPAID by Nigel Spearing MP, Jack Ashley MP and Alan Clark MP...
Copies of Nancy Tait (2002), 'Asbestos fibres in lung tissue: an illustrated appraisal of analysis using a Transmission Electron Microscope'. Includes annotated drafts.
The conference covered the continuing threat posed by asbestos around the globe. Nancy Tait spoke on compensation for asbestos victims. Includes:invitation from Alan Daltonannotated conference programme, flyers, subsequent correspondenceflyers fro...
Copies of Nancy Tait (November 2002), 'Asbestos: to challenge "fibre counts"'. Also includes the slightly earlier version (April 2002) 'Asbestos: more facts on fibres', which focussed on Dr A Gibbs’ techniques, with a...
Copies of 'At the centre', by the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), vol v.1 (1982) to vol xii.4 (1989).Incomplete set - only 15 issues out of 32 published in the date range.CCOHS was founded by an Act of Parliam...
Copies of the 'British asbestos newsletter' (or 'BAN') 1990-2007, with intercalated material including correspondence.Incomplete set; the following numbers are missing:?2, ?4, 6, 9, 27, 37, 43, 44, 50, 51, 54, 55, and 66BAN was...
Allen, Laurie, Kazan-, b. c. 1940, anti-asbestos campaigner
Annotated copies of ‘Chemicals in progress bulletin’ 1984-1997, incomplete series.Originally a publication of the US Office of Toxic Substances (OTS), the bulletin was edited jointly with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Nancy Tait's notes marked 'Cleveland meeting', on a conference chaired by Paul Harford, of the Cleveland Council, c.1984. Other speakers included Tom Abram, "Mr Poad", "Mr D Bury from County Architects", etc.Clev...
Correspondence with Rodney Nelson-Jones of Field Fisher Waterhouse, Solicitors, re their asbestos companies/insurers database Coda, its transfer to OEDA, updates to the database, etc. Includescopy of ‘Asbestos database specifications’188pp print-o...
Paper and correspondence with and re HSE proposals to amend the control of asbestos at work regulations (CAWR). Includescorrespondence with Michael Clapham and other MPs, including re the work of journalist Christopher Bookerexcerpts from Hansard ...