Papers on banning asbestos in India.
Includes:
- scientific papers
- press cuttings
- health and safety publications
- COSLA Asbestos Working Group on Asbestos report, June 2002
- correspondence and papers on death of Shirley Gibson, teacher at Plumstead Manor School
- Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) Asbestos Joint Working Party reports
Folder of material gathered by Dalton on the history of the awareness and knowledge of the risks of asbestos. Numbered and annotated by Dalton. Includes copies of:
- annual reports and correspondence of Chief Inspector of Factories and Workshops, 1898-1947
- Home Office reports, 1930-1935
- annual report of Medical Officer of Health, London Borough of Barking, 1945
- Turner & Newall correspondence, 1943-1957
- academic articles and publications, 1904-1994
- press cuttings, 1920s-1983
Correspondence between Dalton and Barry Castleman, environmental consultant, on asbestos-related issues. Subjects include Turner & Newall (including copies of Turner & Newall correspondence, 1938-1964), Richard Doll, Irving Selikoff, World Trade Organization asbestos case.
Includes:
- press coverage
- Brunel University MSc thesis by G.B. Farrant on potential release of asbestos affecting residents of Elgin Estate, October 1986
- report of independent commission, January 1996
- report by Professor Julian Peto, January 1997
- photographs, 1997
- papers on removal of asbestos from Winterton House and Gelston Point, Tower Hamlets
- publication by Walterton and Elgin Community Homes Ltd, 1998
Includes:
- press releases from Environment Agency about prosecutions
- email announcements from London Hazards Centre about prosecutions
- list produced by Environment Agency of all prosecutions between 1 April 2000 and 31 March 2001
- Correspondence and papers on John Macpherson, Glasgow shipyard worker who won compensation case in 1985 against Alexander Stephen and Sons and Upper Clyde Shipbuilders for exposure to asbestos
- ‘Clydeside Action on Asbestos: aims and outline’ booklet, 1992
The British Asbestos newsletter was a quarterly publication distributed worldwide to solicitors, victim support groups, academics, medical personnel and research bodies. It was founded and co-ordinated by Laurie Kazan-Allen, coordinator of the International Ban Asbestos Secretariat.
Papers relating to Joe Walker, asbestos lagger and safety representative of General and Municipal Workers Union Heat & Frost Branch. Walker was sacked for calling in a factory inspector.
Includes:
- account by Jackson of his exposure to asbestos and campaign work
- papers on industrial disease compensation claims supported by Jackson
Correspondence on ban of asbestos in Argentina.
- ‘Are chemists human?’ Chemistry in Britain, Vol. 11, No.3, March 1975.
- 'Dangerous workplace or dangerous worker?' Nursing. The Add-on Journal of Clinical Nursing, Vol 2, No. 1, May 1982.
- ‘A chemist’s reactions’ Science for People, 60, April 1986.
- Outline of article on factory inspectorate, no date.
- 'Killing off a killer', April 1988.
- ‘Lessons from the United Kingdom: Fightback on Workplace Hazards, 1979-1992’. International Journal of Health Services, Vol. 22, No. 3, 1992.
- ‘Asbestos hazards: past, present and future’ Occupational Health review, September/October 1995.
- 'Homeworking can damage your health', c. 1997.
- Letter from Dalton to the Lancet on the hazards of white asbestos. The Lancet, Vol 352, 1998.
- Flyer for ‘Safety, health and environmental hazards at the workplace’ by A.J.P. Dalton, 1998.