Press coverage, January to December 2005. In reverse chronological order. Some of the original cuttings mounted.
Predominantly on asbestos (including re IIAC report reviewing the prescription of asbestos-related diseases, Cm 6553), but also covers other themes, notably the health threats posed by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Includes press cuttings on Nancy Tait receiving a lifetime achievement award from the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), and her welcoming Cm 6553. Also obituaries of Sir Richard Doll.
The IIAC report (Cm 6553), which was presented to Parliament in February 2005 and published in July 2005, admitted that asbestos can lead to lung cancer without asbestosis being present. It was taken to signal UK Government changes to the compensation scheme for asbestos-related lung cancer.