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Folder entitled 'Press 1: The Straw Locomotive'.

Press coverage, foliated and structured by subject: asbestos; cancer generally; health and safety generally; radiation / nuclear; justice and information; miscellaneous. Arranged in reverse order of foliation.

Front matter includes tables of systematically extracted case information from press reports (often with named cause of death).

The first 45 folios are missing. These originally included information on William Ashton Tait.

Correspondence and papers re the HSE press launch on new legal duties to manage asbestos, arising from regulation 4 of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations (CAWR) 2002 coming into force in May 2004.

Correspondence and papers re various editions of the information pack 'Problems arising from the use of asbestos in buildings: papers assembled by SPAID'.

Includes copies of various SPAID notes from the pack, as well as SPAID note 22A ('Asbestos in buildings: effects on health and exposure'), reproducing the Health & Safety Commission publication on the topic by Richard Doll and Julian Peto, 1985. Further, former note 49 ('Industry information: the mineral asbestos'), from 'Asbestos - its special attributes and uses' of the Asbestos Information Committee (AIC), 1975.

Correspondence (including telephone memoranda) and order forms for a considerable range of Health & Safety publications, from 'Asbestos in Housing' and 'The work of the coroner' to 'Prevention of tractors overturning'. In reverse chronological order.

Includes a copy of leaflet 'Open government : explaining the code of practice on access to government information' (1995).

Correspondence and papers re the production of Nancy Tait (2000) 'Asbestos facts'. Includes

• correspondence with compensation lawyers re the content of relevant sections in the publication
• drafts in various stages
• copy of finished product
• notes relating to updates of the 2000 edition
• flyer for 'Asbestos facts'
• circular letter from Nancy Tait, announcing that the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC) report reviewing the prescription of diseases attributable to asbestos, Cm 6553, will be laid before Parliament on 14 July 2005

Also report on conference and letter to Patrick Geddes. Printed and typescript.

2 copies. Also information booklet.

March (3 copies) and April (1 copy) 1913.