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• 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

Includes consultative document.

Correspondence between Dalton and G.C. Ferguson, Consultant Physician, Northampton General Hospital on two cases of domestic exposure to asbestos. Includes article by Ferguson submitted to British Medical Journal.

• Correspondence and papers, 1984-1990, on Dalton’s bankruptcy as a result of a libel action by Dr. Robert Murray for comments by Dalton in his book ‘Asbestos: Killer Dust'
• Correspondence and papers, 1984-1986, on a libel action by Dr. B.V. Lee for comments made by Dalton about Lee’s study on the hazards of visual display units at work for pregnant women

Letters to Dalton from Professor Paul Holt, Department of Chemistry, University of Reading on calcium silicate. Includes summary of study at Institute of Occupational Medicine, Edinburgh, into toxicology of calcium silicate.

Papers on compensation claim by John McPherson. McPherson suffered cancer of the larynx after exposure to asbestos.

Includes:

• page outlining aims of group
• annual reports, 1992-1993
• leaflets
• translation of article by Annie Thebaud about experience of trade unionist in Brazil, 1994

Includes:

• Correspondence between Dalton and Health and Safety Executive
• Report by Parliamentary Ombudsman of investigation into complaint by Dalton against Health and Safety Executive, 1997. The complaint concerned request for information from the Health and Safety Executive under the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.
• Report by Parliamentary Ombudsman of investigation into complaint by Dalton, T&GWU, against Health and Safety Executive,1998. Dalton complained that HSE refused to disclose information on the Health and Safety Executive’s enforcement of stress law in the workplace which should have been made available under the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.
• Press cuttings and letter on special monitoring by Health and Safety Executive of persistent enquirers for information (including Dalton), 1997-1998
• Letters from Dalton on survey of TUC nominated members of HSC/HSE committees.

Email communications to health and safety listservs from the London Hazards Centre on environmental and occupational health issues (mainly asbestos-related) in the news. Also includes some non-email correspondence and papers sent to Dalton by the Centre.

Correspondence and papers on asbestos in Canada and export of asbestos from Canada. Correspondents include Barry Castleman, Mick Holder, Jim Brophy. Includes academic papers and press cuttings. Also report, c. 1998, by Catherine Escojido and Rodrigue Chartier, President of the Syndicat national de l'amiante d'Asbestos inc., entitled 'The controlled use of asbestos. For sustainable development and the protection of employment'.