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Table of cases 3001-3735 (11 August 1997-13 March 2007), largely in chronological order.

Capturing name, disease, date contacted OEDA, solicitor (name and date contacted), SMB (Special Medical Board) decision awarded/refused, comments.

This schedule marks a departure from previous practice, in that columns that remained empty in past registers have been removed. Also, the third column now bears the new name of the organisation.

• copy of ‘UK asbestos – the definitive guide’ (2004), produced by a working party under chairmanship of Julian Lowe of Norwich Union
• Nancy Tait's notes on the text and correspondence with Rodney Nelson Jones of Field Fisher Waterhouse

The guide discusses the estimated future cost to the UK insurance industry of asbestos-related claims (£4-£10 billion), November 2004. Nelson-Jones suspected that the insurance industry exaggerated these costs.

Printout of the OEDA case database in the form of a table, 28 July 2003. 171 pp, listing cases 2-3650 (with gaps) and cases 4001-10,000 (with extensive gaps), followed by a few rows with anomalous case numbers. This and other indicators suggest that there may have been a technical problem with the database.

The printout appears to have been generated to support OEDA's case for continued funding from Association of London Government (ALG; formerly the London Boroughs Grant Unit, LBGU), the organisation's main source of funding since 1983.

Includes:

• note from Nancy Tait proposing to use this printout, rather than the electronic database, to record important updates henceforth
• overview of codes and what each column in the database is intended for

Papers and a little covering correspondence re the proposed US Senate bill ‘to amend the Toxic Substance Control Act to reduce the health risks posed by asbestos-containing products’ and the contemporary asbestos compensation crisis in the US. Includes

• copy of Senator Murray’s proposed bill
• copies of Judge Griffin B Bell’s June 2002 speeches on asbestos litigation and judicial leadership

In Nancy Tait's circles, people monitoring these developments included Own Tudor, Laurie Kazan-Allen and Adrian Budgeon.

Papers and correspondence with White Lung Association (WLA), 1984-1991 and 1994-2000. From 1996 Mrs Barbara Zeluck is the main correspondent. Includes

• WLA asbestos update, May 1995 to September 1998 (incomplete set)
• opinion of Judge Becker, in Georgine v. Amchem Prod Inc, United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit (5 October 1996)
• WLA leaflet [1995] 'Differences between British and US compensation systems'
  Also research papers, among them:
• H Vinke and T Wilthagen [1994] 'The non-mobilization of law: asbestos victims in the Netherlands'
• L C Oliver et al. (1991) 'Asbestos-related disease in public school custodians'
• Paul W MacAvoy (January 1982) ‘Working paper series C: the economic consequences of asbestos-related disease’

Barbara Zeluck (née Adler, 1923-2010) was an American socialist, occupational health and safety campaigner, and civil rights activist.

Card index of SPAID/OEDA cases, in alphabetical order (by surname of individual afflicted and family member). In some cases cross-referenced to case number or 'Q' file (OEDA/C/1/2); see link below.

Display board visualising the presence of asbestos in common building materials, and asbestos substitutes.

Display board visualising do's and don't's for the handiman, adequate protective clothing for interaction with asbestos, appropriate disposal methods.

Copies of 'Asbestos watch: newsletter of the White Lung Association' 1991-1995 (incomplete set) and of 'Asbestos update' May 1995-September 1998.

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Board bearing this caption, with three black and white photographs showing amosite (x5k), chrysotile (x15k) and crocidolite (x15k).

Display board visualising the presence of asbestos in common plasters and fillers, and asbestos-free substitutes.

Display board visualising the presence of asbestos in common roof tiles, and substitute products.

Photocopy of Code of federal regulations (revised 1 July 1997), EPA, 40 CFR Part 763 - Asbestos (Subpart E - Asbestos-containing materials in schools).

Photocopy of Code of federal regulations (revised 1 July 1997), EPA, 40 CFR Parts 61 to 62 (Subpart M - national emission standard for asbestos)

Correspondence arising from the conference ‘The third wave of asbestos disease’ (referred to by Nancy Tait as "Selikoff's conference") and papers. Includes:

• conference programme, annotated
• report of the exchange between Nancy Tait and Dr Abida Haque at the conference
• Tait's news release on her return from New York and alerts to press contacts
• photocopies of scientific papers 1974-1996 exploring transfer of asbestos to unborn children
• copy of conference proceedings' table of content

There also is a video recording of the conference; see link below.