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Correspondence and press coverage re asbestos decontamination at the Clyde Submarine Base, Faslane, and asbestos waste tipping at Glenboig.

Includes colour photographs.

Material relating to the production of the Society's series of cancer information pamphlets ('Facts on cancer xy') published between c.1983-1988.

Includes drafts of nearly each pamphlet, correspondence re their content, and research materials such as scientific papers, press coverage, pamphlets and leaflets on the respective cancer by other agencies (BACUP, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, ASH, Health Education Council, Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Institute of Medical Ethics, Office of Population Censuses & Surveys (OPCS), Cancer Research Campaign, International Union Against Cancer, etc).

String bound volumes, A3-plus size, containing mounted press clippings January 1978-July 1983. Loose material 1983-1987 tucked in at the back.

Press articles on dangerous dyes, among them an article on G E Rushworth’s own compensation claim for occupational cancer of the bladder.

Also includes annotated copy of 'Guidelines for work with chemical carcinogens in Medical Research Council Establishments: provisional statement' (October 1979), and copy of Peter Kirby (c.1982) 'Death in the textile industry: a proportionate mortality study of 952 dyers, bleachers and textile workers who died between 1976-1980' (TGWU Textile Group: Bradford).

Correspondence, press coverage and notes re asbestos issues at St Brendan's school, Yoker near Glasgow. Also includes copies from an inspection of the school, dated 23 August 1982.

Among the correspondents were councillor Jim Bannerman OBE, MP Donald Dewar, union representatives and the office of the Procurator Fiscal, Glasgow.

A routine inspection in August 1982 had discovered defects in ceiling finishes containing amosite (brown asbestos). Rushworth and others did not find the Authority response adequate and proceeded to instigate discussion on how the asbestos regulations and the recent conclusions of the Advisory Committee on Asbestos (ACA) should be interpreted.

Correspondence and papers re blue asbestos in Motherwell housing.

Includes press coverage, colour photographs and original negatives.

Correspondence and papers re a survey and activism on Red Road flats workers.

Includes press coverage, correspondence with politicians (councillors, MPs), and survey forms.

Red Road flats refers to a high-rise housing complex located in the northeast of the city of Glasgow. In its construction large amounts of asbestos were used to ensure the structural integrity of the buildings in the event of a fire. The complex was formally condemned in July 2008 after a long period of decline.

Correspondence and papers, including drafts of booklet 'Facts on breast cancer'.

Correspondence and papers, including drafts of booklet 'Facts on cervical cancer'.

Leaflets, scientific publications, press coverage.

Press cuttings, most of them mounted, documenting the foundation of the Glasgow Cancer Prevention Society, its activities over the years, and the specific cases of health and safety concerns it addressed.

Listing of press cuttings, in chronological order, January 1978-October 1982. Loose material 1978-1987 tucked in at the back.

Papers documenting the research and activism of G E Rushworth and the Cancer Prevention Society (CPS). Main series are:

• research and campaigning for change
• activism re specific sites and buildings
• publications by the Cancer Prevention Society
• press archive of the Cancer Prevention Society

The archive relates predominantly to the health threats posed by asbestos and to measures taken by the CPS to contain these threats. The third series, publications by the CPS, poses an exception to this, addressing all sorts of common cancers.

Books and booklets found with the material have been transferred to the OEDA Library and can be identified through the library catalogue.

Correspondence and papers on asbestos in schools and other educational establishments. Includes press coverage and correspondence with Department of Education and Science (London), Scottish Office of the Ministry for Industry and Education, Educational Institute of Scotland, MPs (one of them Donald Dewar), union representatives, representatives of the HSC/HSE including W Simpson, director of the HSC.