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Papers and correspondence, chiefly with David Gee, re asbestos-induced diseases in shipyard workers (1982), reforms of the industrial injuries scheme 1982, World in Action documentary on mining practices in South Africa (‘Dust to dust’, 1981), an extended exchange re the GMWU questionnaire on production, employment and employee protection in asbestos manufacturing plants (including various drafts, 1979-1980), etc. Includes

  • minutes of a meeting between Nancy Tait, David Gee, Tess Gill and Jane Welsh 23 November 1983
  • summary of contribution from David Gee to inaugural meeting of SPAID, 10 March 1979 (incomplete)

David Gee was national Health & Safety officer for the GMB Union.

GB 249 OEDA/F/6/1/11/1 · Item · 1991-1993
Parte de Occupational and Environmental Diseases Association (William Ashton Tait) Archives

Includes

  • Nancy Tait’s notes for her presentation; also notes of the conference
  • copy of Tait et al. (1979) ‘National priorities in occupational disease: the family and the community’, originally presented at Dubrovnik
  • copy of The Greens in the European Parliament (1993) ‘The dark side of the asbestos story: presented within the frame of “Bastamiantos“ international symposium on asbestos Milan, April 1993’

Also earlier correspondence with Italian and French anti-asbestos activists (among them Italo Busto) and correspondence arising, re asbestos in railway carriages, work of the ‘Ban Asbestos’ Federation, etc.

Reportedly the conference proceedings were published as 'Atti del Convegno internazionale Bastamianto organizzato da BAEF – Ban Asbestos European Federation, Milano 17-18 aprile 1993', Ban Asbestos European Federation, S. E., Milan, 1994. It is unclear whether Nancy Tait's paper is included.

1 poster, two colours.

In addition to Nancy Tait, speakers included Prof. Lorenzo Tomatis (International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon), Prof. Franco Berrino (Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan), Prof. Henri Pézerat (CNRS, Paris), Bianca Guidetti Serra (lawyer, Turin), Yves Frémion (member of the French Green Party & member of the European Parliament), Prof. Annie Thébaud-Mony (Inserm, Paris), Dr Emanuele Lauria (USL Grugliasco, Turin), Maria Wojtowicz (USL Grugliasco, Turin), Dr Vito Totire (USL 28 Bologna), Richard Jackson (Ban Asbestos, UK) and Elisabeth Ramat (Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro (CGIL) Nazionale).

GB 249 OEDA/F/6/2/10/1 · Item · 1974-1997
Parte de Occupational and Environmental Diseases Association (William Ashton Tait) Archives

Correspondence arising from the conference ‘The third wave of asbestos disease’ (referred to by Nancy Tait as "Selikoff's conference") and papers. Includes:

  • conference programme, annotated
  • report of the exchange between Nancy Tait and Dr Abida Haque at the conference
  • Tait's news release on her return from New York and alerts to press contacts
  • photocopies of scientific papers 1974-1996 exploring transfer of asbestos to unborn children
  • copy of conference proceedings' table of content

There also is a video recording of the conference; see link below.

GB 249 OEDA/F/10/2/1 · Item · 1982, 1984-2000
Parte de Occupational and Environmental Diseases Association (William Ashton Tait) Archives

Papers and correspondence with White Lung Association (WLA), 1984-1991 and 1994-2000. From 1996 Mrs Barbara Zeluck is the main correspondent. Includes

  • WLA asbestos update, May 1995 to September 1998 (incomplete set)
  • opinion of Judge Becker, in Georgine v. Amchem Prod Inc, United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit (5 October 1996)
  • WLA leaflet [1995] 'Differences between British and US compensation systems'
    Also research papers, among them:
  • H Vinke and T Wilthagen [1994] 'The non-mobilization of law: asbestos victims in the Netherlands'
  • L C Oliver et al. (1991) 'Asbestos-related disease in public school custodians'
  • Paul W MacAvoy (January 1982) ‘Working paper series C: the economic consequences of asbestos-related disease’

Barbara Zeluck (née Adler, 1923-2010) was an American socialist, occupational health and safety campaigner, and civil rights activist.

Copy of the remarks of Alex A. Cross, Chairman of the Standing Committee, International Asbestos Information Conference, and Philip E. Enterline, Professor of Biostatics at the Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, at the Asbestos Information Association Third Annual Industry-Government Conference, 8-9 September 1976.

Case register 1
GB 249 OEDA/B/1/1/2 · Item · c.1978-c.1985
Parte de Occupational and Environmental Diseases Association (William Ashton Tait) Archives

Table of cases 1-646, in rough chronological order (with significant exceptions).

Capturing name, disease, date contacted SPAID, solicitor (name and date contacted), SMB (Special Medical Board) decision awarded/refused, notice to appeal given (ACK), appeal papers received, SPAID's submission sent, hearing date, comments. Of these, columns chiefly used are the first 3-4 and the last.