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Copy of a report by the Subcommittee on Environmental Health of the Environmental Health Directorate, Canada, 15 February 1976.

Intercalated cross reference to 'Beaudry inquiry', presumably Judge Rene Beaudry's inquiry into the Thetford asbestos mines, Canada.

Copy of the remarks of Alex A. Cross, Chairman of the Standing Committee, International Asbestos Information Conference, and Philip E. Enterline, Professor of Biostatics at the Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, at the Asbestos Information Association Third Annual Industry-Government Conference, 8-9 September 1976.

Copy of a report published by the Commission des accidents du travail du Québec, Montréal.

Poster announcing a seminar on occupational disease, 13-14 September 1979, Chicago.

Issued by the US Department of Labour.

Testimony of Dr Julian Peto before the Royal Commission on matters of health and safety arising from the use of asbestos in Ontario, 29 and 30 July 1981, 2 vols.

Copy of the booklet.

Copy of a booklet from the Canadian Asbestos Information Centre's 'Technical facts' series.

Papers and correspondence, chiefly with David Gee, re asbestos-induced diseases in shipyard workers (1982), reforms of the industrial injuries scheme 1982, World in Action documentary on mining practices in South Africa (‘Dust to dust’, 1981), an extended exchange re the GMWU questionnaire on production, employment and employee protection in asbestos manufacturing plants (including various drafts, 1979-1980), etc. Includes

• minutes of a meeting between Nancy Tait, David Gee, Tess Gill and Jane Welsh 23 November 1983
• summary of contribution from David Gee to inaugural meeting of SPAID, 10 March 1979 (incomplete)

David Gee was national Health & Safety officer for the GMB Union.

Copy of a booklet from the Canadian Asbestos Information Centre's 'Health facts' series.

Soft-bound set of industry brochures, compiled for the '1983 building industry convention', London, 25-29 April 1983.

Correspondence including a mailshot to all GMWU Thermal Insation Engineer (TIE) Officers in the regions inquiring what advice they give re stripping of asbestos, 29 July 1982.

Copy of Federal Register (4 November 1983), OSHA, 29 CFR Part 1910.

A photocopy of this inscribed (in Nancy Tait's hand) 'Is it on America file?' and 'Copy needed for work on GI cancers' was in a research file on gastrointestinal cancer among asbestos workers (q v).

Poster reporting on six of the 42 new cases handled by SPAID since October 1983:

• 48 year old maintenance fitter diagnosed with mesothelioma, after only three years occasional contact with asbestos in naval dockyards
• 69 year old mesothelioma patient who worked for Turner & Newall, Manchester, for one year, 30 years ago
• 48 year old mesothelioma patient who came in contact with asbestos during an apprenticeship with ICI, likewise 30 years ago
• 42 year old former merchant seaman and cargo inspector at Plymouth docks, on severe pain medication for his mesothelioma
• 45 year old electrical engineer diagnosed with mesothelioma

Display board visualising the gradual decline of asbestos imports into the UK, 1968-1983.

Labelled 'SPAID'.

Display board alleging that 'cowboy operators' are putting the community at risk, featuring colour photographs of the Turner Asbestos Cement (TAC) Co Ltd / TAC Construction Materials Ltd, Dalmuir. Includes a black and white photograph captioned ‘Clydeside Turner and Newall’s old factory’.

Includes SPAID and OEDA label.