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Relates to Nancy Tait's efforts to bring about and implement a prohibition on the importation, manufacture, use and sale of asbestos-containing products in the UK.

Elsewhere in the archive there is documentation of Nancy Tait's involvement in the foundation of 'Ban Asbestos' in Strasbourg on 14 June 1991, at the initiative of the Green Group of Members of the European Parliament. See http://atom.lib.strath.ac.uk/oeda-maureen-wards-reference-files-on-key-actions

Correspondence and papers arising from a request of the governors of Winchmore Hill Primary School to advise on asbestos cement roofs of the school canteen and adjacent single story buildings. Includes

• correspondence with George Mitchell, Parent Representative and a governor of the school
• various drafts of SPAID’s ’Report on asbestos cement roofs, Winchmore Hill Primary School’, ?February 1988 (with appendices)
• photocopy of NAMAS ‘Directory of accredited asbestos testing laboratories’, January 1988
• copy of ‘Report of the Joint Central and Local Government Working Party on Asbestos’, March 1987
• much annotated photocopy of Spurny et al. (1979) ‘On the evaluation of fibrous particles in remote ambient air’
• photocopy of G J Burdett & S A M T Jaffrey (1986) ‘Airborne asbestos concentrations in buildings’

Papers and correspondence re asbestos contamination at the site of the former asbestos factory J W Roberts Ltd, Armley near Leeds. Includes press coverage, scientific papers, copies of historic sources 1927-1988, among them

• case correspondence 1986-1993 (including death certificates)
• papers and correspondence chiefly with Dr Lorna Arblaster, researcher on an occupational health study around the Armley site; includes
• soft-bound information pack by Arblaster et al. (1992) 'Aspects of mesothelioma'
• copy of I M D Grieve's MD thesis (University of Edinburgh, 1927) on asbestos deaths at the J W Roberts factory at Armley. See also link below.

Photographs and images of the discovery and removal of asbestos and images of a Reserve Power Station in Melbourne.
Photographs as follows:
-1 black and white photograph of 4 men in hazard suits on a rocky outcrop by the sea, handling what is likely to be asbestos deposits, c1980s
-8 colour photographs of the asbestos removal in the charity's Cuffley Office, mounted on A4 paper, c1970s
-1 photocopy of a photograph of a warning sign for asbestos found in ceiling tiles, with a transcription of the sign
-image of ceiling containing asbestos with the asbestos labelled and the legend 'Parts of Ceiling', on acetate and a paper copy
-12 colour photographs mounted on two sheets of A4 paper, labelled 'Edwards Ipswich, Damages Asbestos Insulation' and one photograph labelled 'Reynolds 1975' on the reverse of the second A4 sheet of paper
-4 black and white prints of 'figures', with captions, illustrating the removal of asbestos and the dust it creates
-11 colour photographs of different views, mainly interior views, of what looks like a group visit to a power station. Found within an envelope labelled: 'Reserve Power Station, Melbourne'
-1 colour postcard showing a lump of asbestos held in a hand. Postcard is captioned on the reverse: 'Crude Asbestos. Thetford Mines, Qubec, Canada, World's Largest Asbestos Center'

Copies of Nancy Tait (2002), 'Asbestos fibres in lung tissue: an illustrated appraisal of analysis using a Transmission Electron Microscope'. Includes annotated drafts.

Set of photocopies from 'The Times' 1965-1967, with a listing summarising each article:

• (A) Wed 17 Mar 1965 p. 7: “research into hazards of asbestos”
• (B) Sat 12 Jun 1965 p. 8: “Asbestos poisoning from overalls”
• (C) Fri 15 Apr 1966 p. 15: “Science and Medicine: Examining the hazards to health of asbestos”
• (D) Mon 4 Jul 1966 p. 10: “Village tips case for inquiry”
• (E) Fri 11 Apr 1967 p. 2: “Lung risks, so trains drop asbestos”
• (F) Sat 20 May 1967 p. 15: “New health guard for asbestos workers”
• (G)-(J) Tu 28 Nov 1967 – special supplement on asbestos p. I-IV

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.

Copies of 'Asbestos: international bulletin', published by the Asbestos Institute, Montreal.

Incomplete set.

Papers, press clippings, and photographs relating to asbestos in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.
Includes:
-brief notes relating to asbestos cases in Barking
-some handwritten research notes about topics such as asbestos found in Barking and waste disposal procedures
-correspondence about Barking cases of asbestos and the Cape factory
-a lot of notes and correspondence about a case of asbestos contaminated soil in Whiting Avenue, 1978
-papers relating to Barking Community Health Council
-correspondence (chiefly with Margaret Sharkey) and telephone memoranda
-press clippings

Photocopy of OSHA 'Asbestos standard for the construction industry' (OSHA 3096, 1995 [Revised])

The conference covered the continuing threat posed by asbestos around the globe. Nancy Tait spoke on compensation for asbestos victims. Includes:

• invitation from Alan Dalton
• annotated conference programme, flyers, subsequent correspondence
• flyers from Sheffield and Rotherham Asbestos Group (SARAG) and West Yorkshire Asbestos Action Group (WYAAG), 2001

Various versions of address lists.

Draft of presentation by Nancy Tait, captioned 'Asbestos: the past, the present and the future | Southampton - 5 June 1991 | What representatives should know', and ?handout, captioned 'Asbestos: the past, the present and the future' and signed by Nancy Tait.

Copies of Nancy Tait (November 2002), 'Asbestos: to challenge "fibre counts"'. Also includes the slightly earlier version (April 2002) 'Asbestos: more facts on fibres', which focussed on Dr A Gibbs’ techniques, with annotations on post-its.