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Correspondence on Alan Powell, who died from mesothelioma.

This file originated from Dalton's role as Researcher in Health and Safety at the Labour Research Department.

Correspondence with Alex Horne, of Armadale Community Council, on asbestos dumping at Bathville, Armadale, West Lothian.

Correspondence between Dalton and Alex Reid, Donisthorpe and Co Ltd, on asbestos and railway workers. Includes correspondence between Dalton and British Railways Board.

Correspondence and papers relating to fluoride levels at Anglesey Aluminium, Holyhead. Dalton carried out a study of conditions at Anglesey Aluminium for the Labour Research Department (an independent trade-union sponsored research organization). Includes:

• correspondence with employees
• health questionnaires completed by employees
• press coverage

Correspondence on ban of asbestos in Argentina.

Correspondence and papers on asbestos contamination in Armley, Leeds. The contamination was caused by fall-out from J.W. Roberts Ltd asbestos processing factory in Armley.

• ‘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.

Includes agenda, and paper by Philip Barber on asbestos related disorders delivered at conference.

Correspondence and papers on polluting asbestos factory in Ireland. Also includes correspondence and papers on Raybestos-Manhattan (Ireland) factory at Ovens, County Cork, Ireland.

• Circular letter to national asbestos institutions, 1994
• Print--outs from Asbestos Institute website about chrysotile asbestos, 1998
• Copy of 'What is the logic being applied by anti-asbestos activists?' published by Asbestos Institute, 2003

Correspondence and papers on the asbestos register, a national public database of asbestos in buildings, created by Ross Udall, Chief Executive, AsbestosRegister.com

• leaflet and sticker advertising Asbestech Limited, 1980s
• leaflets advertising Kitsons Insulation Contractors Limited, 1983
• asbestos removal specialist services directory published by Asbestos Control and Abatement Division of Thermal Insulation Contractors Association, late 1990s

Includes notes taken by Dalton at the conference.

Correspondence and papers on asbestos in Australia. Includes:

• press cuttings, mostly about sufferers of asbestos-related disease
• ‘Asbestos Kills’ - guide to standards for asbestos removal published by Construction and General Division of Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU)
• copy of Asbestos Diseases Foundation of Australia booklet

Correspondence between Dalton and Patrick Herman, co-ordinator of Ban Asbestos Network. Includes article by Dalton entitled ‘Fighting asbestos hazards in the UK’ for Ban Asbestos Network’s ‘Black Book on Asbestos’.