Notes written by Dalton in his capacity as Researcher in Health and Safety at the Labour Research Department.
Published by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
Proposal by Dalton for pilot project to form a Centre for Environmental Protection.
Folder entitled ‘H&S History II’ on the history of health and safety at work. Includes:
- transcript of proceedings at Labour Research Department Speakers' School, 1942
- account of proceedings at open meeting of National Union of Railwaymen, 1943
- Amalgamated Engineering Union first report on health and welfare enquiry, 1944
- report of Labour Research Department conference on accidents and ill health at work, 1960
- press release by Health and Safety Executive announcing first health and safety prosecution on indictment for alleged infringement of health and safety legislation, 1975
- Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs special report on Vinyl Chloride Monomer, 1980
- 'Reagan in the workplace: unravelling the health and safety net' by Philip J. Simon, 1983
- academic papers on various health and safety at work issues, 1948-1991
Letter from Dalton to the secretary of the Enquiry into the Health and Safety Executive Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee about bricklayers sacked for complaining about asbestos hazards.
Correspondence on David Morgan, who died of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos at Prince of Wales Baths.
Claim for damages by widow of man who died from mesothelioma.
Email from Laurie Kazan-Allen on ban of asbestos in Gulf countries.
Academic paper by V. Neumann, S. Günther, K.-M. Müller, M Fischer entitled ‘Malignant mesothelioma – German mesothelioma register 1987-1999’. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health 2001, 74.
Academic paper by E. Handen Zeren, Derya Gumurdulu, Victor L. Roggli, Ilhan Tuncer, Suzan Zorludemir and Melek Erkisr entitled ‘Environmental malignant mesothelioma in Southern Anatolia: a study of fifty cases’. Environmental Health Perspectives 2000, vol. 108, no. 11.
Email from Laurie Kazan-Allen on ban of asbestos in Spain.
Email from Barry Castleman on banning asbestos in Malaysia.
Academic paper by Claudio Bianchi, Alessandro Brollo, Lucia Ramani, Tommaso Bianchi and Luigi Giarelli entitled ‘Asbestos exposure in malignant mesothelioma of the Pleura: a survey of 557 cases’. Industrial Health 2001, 39.