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

Photocopy of Federal Register (25 February 1987), EPA, 40 CFR Part 763.

Photocopy of Federal Register (30 October 1987), EPA, 40 CFR Part 763. Includes a note by Nancy Tait to L Hawkins and J B Kirkham, 17 December 1989, and heavy annotations re "counting of environmental monitoring samples by TEM".

Brian Kirkham, an expert on electron microscopy, was based at the Biological Electron Microscope Unit, Queen Mary College, and at the London Chest Hospital. In the early days of the SPAID Electron Microscope (EM) Unit, SPAID retained Kirkham as an EM consultant. He also trained SPAID's subsequent EM expert Lawrie Hawkins.

'TEM' stands for Transmission Electron Microscopy / Microscope.

Photocopy of letter to SPAID from Cleveland Constabulary, 1983, re asbestos free brake linings and pads. Mounted and captioned 'Asbestos free brakes'.

A4 size address book of cases (name / address / disease).

Marked up using the following colour code:

• red: SPAID/OEDA asbestos-related case register
• green: claim no longer proceeding
• brown: pre-employment medical taken little notice of
• blue + pink: claim started + settled – length of time taken

Poster visualising the organisation's areas of enduring interest: fellowship, legislation, fair compensation, protection for workers, an asbestos-free environment, fund raising.

The poster's title line is 'Can we help you?'.

Board showing mainly fibres under the ?electron microscope, from crocidolite, amosite, anthophyllite and chrysotile asbestos to glass micro-fibre, aluminium silicate, ceramic fibre, rock wool, glass wool, slag wool, carbon fibre and human hair.

Photocopy of Federal Register (13 May 1992), EPA, 40 CFR Part 763.

Copy of the publication, by the Asbestos Institute / Institut de l'amiante [1986].

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.

Poster listing where asbestos may be present at home, with instructions to proceed with caution.

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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 roof tiles, and substitute products.

Copy of London Hazard Centre (1995) 'Asbestos hazards handbook'. Nancy Tait was one of the five invited speakers at the press conference to launch this publication.

Photocopy of OSHA 'Asbestos standard for the construction industry' (OSHA 3096, 1995 [Revised])