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Chile
GB 249 DAL/8/27/5 · File · 2001
Part of Alan Dalton papers

Correspondence and papers on ban of asbestos in Chile.

Grain Power Station
GB 249 DAL/9/5 · File · 1976 - 1977
Part of Alan Dalton papers

Correspondence and papers on dispute at Grain Power Station, Isle of Grain, Kent, between Babcock and Wilcox management and staff regarding handling of man-made mineral fibre insulation.

Health and Safety Executive
GB 249 DAL/5 · Series · 1977 - 2003
Part of Alan Dalton papers

Dalton accused the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) of a lack of openness about its enforcement record and requested information under its open-government policy. He subsequently complained about the HSE to the Ombudsman. This series includes correspondence and papers about those requests and complaints.

The series also includes correspondence and papers resulting from other interactions between Dalton and the HSE. There is, for example, correspondence between Dalton and the HSE on asbestos-related topics. There are also papers on the proposed amendments to the control of asbestos at work regulations, papers on the HSE campaign to increase awareness of duty to manage risks from asbestos in the workplace as well as various HSE circulars, press releases and leaflets, mainly on asbestos.

White asbestos hazards
GB 249 DAL/8/5 · File · 2001 - 2002
Part of Alan Dalton papers

Correspondence and papers on white asbestos hazards. In response to articles by Christopher Booker in The Sunday Telegraph and John Bridle in The Safety and Health Practitioner claiming white asbestos is harmless. Includes:

  • scientific papers on chrysotile asbestos, 1996-2001
  • letter by Dalton to The Sunday Telegraph
  • press cuttings
June Hancock
GB 249 DAL/8/28/5 · File · 1995 - c. 2002
Part of Alan Dalton papers

Correspondence and papers on June Hancock, mesothelioma sufferer and campaigner against asbestos. As a child, June played near the J.W. Roberts & Co Ltd asbestos factory in Armley, Leeds. In a landmark legal case, she won compensation from Turner & Newall.

Includes leaflet and newsletter about June Hancock Mesothelioma Research Fund.